![]() ![]() He added that the board’s attitude meant that he had advised his two grandchildren, who both box, to never mention their black roots or connection to Taylor. Fall for the revisited retro design of this Black Dim Elegant mens boxer brief in super trendy cozy knit You will love: The modal cotton knit more cozy. Exclusively in black to protect you from embarrassment, and having to pick between the polka dots or the stained whites. Made from renewable Beechwood trees, our micro modal boxer briefs feature a no-roll waistband and no-pull inseams. (The easiest and fastest way to get in contact with me is through EMAIL. Weve taken the boxer brief and turned it into your pairs favorite pair. The BBBC had still not apologised or responded to requests for comment at the time of writing.Īlun Taylor, the boxer’s grandson, said he was “sickened to his stomach” by the board’s treatment of his grandfather. Black Dymond Boxers is located in Galt CA. Jones has also asked the organisation to undertake work promoting the role non-white boxers played in the sport’s history. Raising the matter again last week in parliament, he said: “This blatantly racist, discriminatory and shameful policy prevented many people from achieving their potential and, unbelievably, the British Boxing Board of Control has yet to apologise.” “That was all because of a rule that left a stain on the history of one of our country’s most popular and traditional sports, one that has otherwise been known for bringing people from many different backgrounds and communities together.” ![]() He told the Commons: “Due simply to the fact that his parents were of different ethnic backgrounds, Cuthbert Taylor would never have the recognition and success at professional level that his remarkable talent deserved. Jones led a debate in the Commons last year on historical discrimination in boxing and used it to underline the “remarkable talent” of Taylor. Merthyr MP Gerald Jones also used the opportunity to call for an official apology. A plaque states the boxer was “denied the chance to succeed because of the colour of his skin”. The bar, which ran from 1911 to 1948 and was presided over by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC), which continues to run the sport, said fighters had to have “two white parents” to compete for titles.īorn in 1909 to a father of Caribbean descent and white Welsh mother, Taylor was deemed “not white enough to be British” by the board.Ī memorial for Taylor, who died in 1977, was unveiled on Saturday at the Court House in Merthyr Tydfil, where Taylor used to train, to mark Black History Month.
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