Cuthbert Taylor represented his country at the 1928 Olympics but suffered under the British Boxing Board of Control’s colour bar
The family of a black boxer who was once called “the best in Europe” but was prevented from fighting for the British title because of the colour of his skin has demanded a formal apology.
Although Cuthbert Taylor, from Merthyr Tydfil, competed as a flyweight for Great Britain at the 1928 Olympics – the first black boxer to do so – his talents were never fully recognised because of the colour bar.