Brian Packer

Brian Packer (2 March 1944 – 30 August 2021) was a British boxer.^[1] He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2] At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Takao Sakurai of Japan in the Round of 32.^[2][3]

Brian Packer

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1944-03-02)2 March 1944 Dartford, England
Died	30 August 2021(2021-08-30) (aged 77)
Sport
Sport	Boxing

Biography

Packer was born in March 1944 in Dartford, and began to box at the age of eleven.^[3] While working at a dockyard as an apprentice, he was he should never box again, unless he wanted to suffer permanent damage to his hand.^[1] However, after multiple operations, he went on to win the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) bantamweight title.^[1]

He won the 1963 and 1964 ABA British bantamweight titles, when boxing out of the Dartford ABC.^[4] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Packer competed in the men's bantamweight event.^[5] However, he lost his first-round bout to Takao Sakurai,^[5] who would go on to win the gold medal.^[6]

Following the Olympics, Paker became a professional boxer,^[3] winning fourteen of his fifteen fights.^[7][8] Packer then went up to the featherweight division, with his final fight taking place in November 1968.^[1] The following month, while working as a welder, he damaged his leg during a fall, which ended his boxing career.^[9]

Packer died on 30 August 2021 at the age of 77,^[10] after a long battle with dementia.^[11]