Peter Waterman

Peter Waterman (8 December 1934 – 16 January 1986) was an English boxer and a British and European welterweight champion.^[1]

Waterman was born in Stepney, East London, England, one of nine children of Rose Juliana (née Saunders) and Harry Frank Waterman.^[2] His brother Dennis Waterman became an actor and singer. His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box.^[3]

He began boxing at the age of 11 and had an amateur career winning 121 of his 130 bouts.^[1] In 1952 he represented the United Kingdom at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki, Finland in the light-welterweight class.^[1]

When Waterman was 18 he became a professional and won the British welterweight title in 1956.^[1] In 1957 he beat Emilio Marconi to gain the European welterweight title.^[1] In April 1958 after a fight with British lightweight champion Dave Charnley he had to be helped to the dressing room, a few months later Waterman underwent brain surgery and never fought again.^[1][4][5]

He died suddenly in Islington at the age of 51.^[1]

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