Dower, give

Born in the village of Abersinon , Wales .

He started his boxing career as an amateur. In 1952, he became the champion of Great Britain among fans in the lightest weight category and, thanks to a series of successful performances, was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Helsinki Summer Olympics . At the Olympics, the first two rivals successfully passed, but in the third quarterfinal fight with a score of 1: 2 lost to the Soviet boxer Anatoly Bulakov .

Soon after the end of the Olympic Games, he decided to become a professional and made his debut on a professional level in February 1953, defeating his first rival by technical knockout in the fourth round. He entered the ring quite often, for example, during the first year he spent twelve fights and won in all. In March 1954, in the second round, he knocked out the current British flyweight champion Terry Allen , although this fight was not title. His first title fight took place in October of that year, on points in fifteen rounds, he defeated the representative of South Africa Jake Tuli and thereby won the belt of the champion of the British Empire. In February 1955, Dauer took part in another fifteen-round title fight, he outplayed Eric Marsden on points and added the vacant British title in the lightest weight category to his British title.

With 23 victories and not a single defeat in his record, Dai Dauer was awarded the right to challenge the European Boxing Union (EBU) European Championship title and successfully won this championship belt, having won Italian fifteen rounds by Nazzareno Janelli. Later he held several rating fights, the first in his professional career was defeated in October 1955 during the defense of the EBU title - challenger from Spain Young Martin sent him several times to the flooring of the ring in the ninth and tenth rounds, and in the twelfth after another fall, Dauer could not rise to the score of 10 and lost by knockout.

Despite the defeat, the Welsh boxer continued to actively enter the ring, defended the British Empire title that belonged to him, and in 1956 he had five victorious fights. Then he was forced to briefly interrupt his sports career due to military service, but in 1957 he returned to the ring and in Argentina took part in the fight for the world heavyweight title, meeting with local boxer Pascual Perez . Nevertheless, in the very first round, Dower was knocked out, and the Argentinean retained the league title. Subsequently, in 1958, he twice entered the ring, won one fight, lost the second, and then decided to end his career as a professional athlete. In total, on a professional level, he spent 37 fights, of which 34 won (including 12 ahead of schedule) and 3 lost.

After completing his sports career, he lived in the city of Bournemouth , for many years worked as a teacher in one of the local schools, and also headed the sports department of Bournemouth University. Upon retiring, he also remained in Bournemouth.

For many years of fruitful work with children in 1998 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire .

• Dai Dauer - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec