Les Morgan

{{short description|Wales boxer}}

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{{Infobox boxer

|name=Les Morgan

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|weight= Welterweight

|nationality = British (Welsh)

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|2|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Risca, Wales

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|total=23

|wins=18

|losses=5

|draws=0

|no contests=0

|KO=10

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Les Morgan (born 24 February 1933) was a Welsh welterweight boxer from Risca, near Newport in South Wales. In 1957, he became Wales welterweight boxing champion.{{cite web |url=http://www.johnnyowen.com/Recs/We/les_morgan.html|title=Summary of boxing career|website=Johnny Owen|access-date=8 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/120067|title=Biography|website=BoxRec|access-date=8 January 2022}}

Morgan won the 1953 Amateur Boxing Association British welterweight title, when boxing out of the Rotax ABC.{{cite web|url=https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/|title=Roll of Honour|publisher=England Boxing|access-date=8 January 2022}}{{cite news |title=Midlanders fail to win a title|work=Sports Argus |date=25 April 1953 |access-date=2 January 2022 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19530425/045/0002| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

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Category:1933 births

Category:Welterweight boxers

Category:Living people

Category:Welsh male boxers

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