# Brian Packer

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**Brian Packer** (2 March 1944 – 30 August 2021) was a British boxer.[1] He competed in the [men's bantamweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Bantamweight) event at the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics).[2] At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to [Takao Sakurai](/source/Takao_Sakurai) of Japan in the Round of 32.[2][3]

## Biography

Packer was born in March 1944 in [Dartford](/source/Dartford), and began to box at the age of eleven.[3] While working at a [dockyard](/source/Dockyard) as an apprentice, he was he should never box again, unless he wanted to suffer permanent damage to his hand.[1] However, after multiple operations, he went on to win the [Amateur Boxing Association](/source/England_Boxing) (ABA) bantamweight title.[1]

He won the 1963 and 1964 ABA British [bantamweight titles](/source/England_Boxing_National_Amateur_Championships_Bantamweight_Champions), when boxing out of the Dartford ABC.[4] At the [1964 Summer Olympics](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Packer competed in the [men's bantamweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Bantamweight) event.[5] However, he lost his first-round bout to [Takao Sakurai](/source/Takao_Sakurai),[5] who would go on to win the gold medal.[6]

Following the Olympics, Paker became a professional boxer,[3] winning fourteen of his fifteen fights.[7][8] Packer then went up to the [featherweight](/source/Featherweight) division, with his final fight taking place in November 1968.[1] The following month, while working as a welder, he damaged his leg during a fall, which ended his boxing career.[9]

Packer died on 30 August 2021 at the age of 77,[10] after a long period suffering from [dementia](/source/Dementia).[11]

## References

1. ["Brian Packer"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/3474). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

1. ["Brian Packer Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/brian-packer-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/brian-packer-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

1. ["Brian Packer, 1944-2021 – Boxing News"](https://sportscentre.live/2021/09/15/brian-packer-1944-2021-boxing-news/). *Sports Centre*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["Roll of Honour"](https://www.englandboxing.org/roll-of-honour/gender/male-championships/). England Boxing. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

1. ["Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men"](https://www.olympedia.org/results/23345). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["BRIAN PACKER, 1944-2021"](https://pocketmags.com/boxing-news-uk-magazine/september-16-2021/articles/1039228/brian-packer-1944-2021). *Pocket Mags*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["Brian Packer"](http://www.fightsrec.com/brian-packer.html). *Fights Rec*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["Brian Packer (Dartford)"](https://www.boxinghistory.org.uk/Boxer_Brian_Packer_Dartford.htm). *Boxing History*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["Tokyo Olympic bantam-weight boxer Brian Packer from Rochester in battle with dementia"](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/dad-fought-in-last-tokyo-olympics-57-years-on-hes-battlin-251659/). *Kent Online*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. ["Brian Packer, 1944-2021"](https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/brian-packer-1944-2021/). *Boxing News Online*. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

1. [Team GB boxer and Rochester pensioner Brian Packer, who fought at 1964 Tokyo Olympics, passes away following dementia battle](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/former-olympic-boxer-brian-dies-253153/)

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