Former Boxer Killed
L (N.Z.P A -Reuter—Copyright) MANCHESTER. The former British and Em- ] pire light-weight boxing champion. Frank Johnson, aged 41, { died on Tuesday. He was elec- . trocuted in his garden while , trimming a hedge. Johnson «ion the British . light weight title from Tommy > McGovern in 1952 and lost it > to Joe Lucy in 1956.
He took the Empire title i from the Australian, Frank Flannery, in January, 1953, and forfeited it in June when he failed to make the weight before a challenge bout with Lucy
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32320, 11 June 1970, Page 18
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