Malcolm Collins (boxer)

Colllins won the five Welsh ABA championships^[1] and fought 270 bouts, appearing in the 1954 Guinness Book of World Records for 31 first round knock-outs.^[2]

He represented the Welsh team^[3] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he won the silver medal in the 57kg featherweight division.^[4]

Four years later he repeated his silver medal feat at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games by reaching the final of the featherweight category again, only to lose out to Wally Taylor of Australia.^[4]

Boxing out of Melingriffith ABC, he twice won the prestigious ABA featherweight championship.^[5][6]

Later in life he worked as a boxing writer for the South Wales Echo.^[2]