Johnny Prescott

Johnny "Playboy" Prescott (20 August 1938^[1] – 11 November 2012) born in Birmingham was an English professional cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Midlands Area heavyweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British heavyweight title, and British Commonwealth heavyweight title against Henry Cooper, the outdoor bout at Birmingham City's St Andrew's stadium was postponed for a day because of bad weather, his professional fighting weight varied from 13 st (83 kg; 182 lb), i.e. cruiserweight to 14 st (88.90410 kg; 196.00000 lb), i.e. heavyweight,^[2] he died in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield.^[3] Johnny Prescott was an orphan, and was resident at Josiah Mason's Orphanage, Orphanage Road, Erdington, he later lived with his grandmother on William Henry Street, Nechells, he was a fan of Birmingham City, i.e. a Bluenose, as a boxer he was managed by George Biddles.^[4]