Des Morrison (born 1 February 1950) is a

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light welter/ welter/

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of the 1970s and 1980s who won the

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Southern (England) Area welterweight title, BBBofC British light welterweight title, and Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight title against;

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Colin Powers Colin Powers (born 2 February 1956) is a British former boxer who was British light welterweight champion between 1977 and 1979 and European champion in 1978. Career Born in London, Colin Powers made his professional debut in June 1975 with a wi ...

, and

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, and Commonwealth light welterweight title against

Obisia Nwankpa Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa (born 19 May 1950 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional light/ light welterweight boxer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who won Nigerian lightweight title, African Boxing Union light welterweight title, and Comm ...

, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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1950 births Jamaican male boxers Light-middleweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Place of birth missing (living people) Super-featherweight boxers Welterweight boxers Living people British male boxers Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Spanish Town {{Jamaica-boxing-bio-stub