He said while Mr Johnson's story was "a piece of black British history", it was "also a shameful history about what the establishment did". "Len wasn’t just a boxer," he said. "He was a fighter ...

Their letters addressed the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC ... where he reached the quarter final. He was the first black boxer to represent Great Britain, and the country's third ...

The British Boxing Board of Control has been asked to comment. As part of Black History Month, a plaque has been unveiled at The Court House in Merthyr Tydfil, where Taylor used to train.