Peter Morrison

Peter, who boxed in the Olympics and held the Imperial Services title, was an outstanding prospect when he turned professional, but a sad fate awaited the shy lad from Hull's fishing community of Hessle Road. Under his manager his career reflected the darker side of the Noble Art, and as the boxing writer Gilbert Johnson commented: "He went too far too fast."

He had 50 professional fights, and incredibly, 28 of those in only 12 months. He said at the time: "I came home and I didn't know if I'd won or lost. I began to wonder whether I was losing my marbles."

At Falkirk Ice Rink he was thrown in against a young West African, Roy Ankarah. He was badly beaten in just five rounds, Ankarah going on to win a world title

The British Boxing Board of Controls suspended his licence and he finished his working life as a bobber in the fish docks.

His wife Dorothy was at his bedside. "He was a kind and loving husband, father and grandfather," she said. "He loved boxing but never got a fair deal. They didn't care."

He is survived by Dorothy, their daughter Diane and a grandson and a granddaughter.