Colin Lake (born 23 November 1941)Lloyd, Melanie (2017) "Chapter 5: Colin Lake", in ''Sweet Fighting Man: Ring of Truth'', Pitch Publishing Ltd, is a British former

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and

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who fought for the British

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boxing title in 1969. He went on to become a boxing trainer.

Career

Born in

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, and raised in

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, Lake took up boxing at the age of 8 at the Blythe Mansions Boxing Club, having his first fight at the age of 10. At the age of 15 he became an apprentice jockey at Newmarket. In five years he won 7 of 28 races. He then decided to pursue a career as a professional boxer. Lake made his professional boxing debut in October 1963, stopping Don McCrea in five rounds. He won his first seven fights before losing on points in May 1964 to Arnold Bell. In June 1964, his opponent Lyn James died after collapsing in the sixth round due to a brain injury. By May 1968 he had built up a record of 19 wins from 23 fights, before two points defeats at the hands of

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, and a third round disqualification for a low blow against South African bantamweight champion Arnold Taylor in

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. Managed at the time by

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, in January 1969, Lake beat British super-featherweight champion Jimmy Anderson in a non-title fight at the

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, Anderson being disqualified in the sixth round for kidney punching. The victory earned Lake a shot at Anderson's title, and the two met again four weeks later at the

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, Anderson retaining the title with a seventh round stoppage and winning the £500 gold championship belt outright. Lake had two further fights, defeats to Antonio Puddu and Brian Hudson, before retiring from the sport. His professional record included 20 wins, 9 losses, and 1 draw. He subsequently became a boxing trainer, working with boxers such as Ivor Jones,

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, and John Ryder, as well as many amateurs at the Angel ABC in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lake, Colin 1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Newport, Wales British male boxers Super-featherweight boxers