Freddie Mills

Frederick Percival Freddie Mills was an English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950. He was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire. Mills was 5160feet 10160160inches tall and did not have a sophisticated boxing style he relied on twofisted aggression, relentless pressure, and the ability to take punishment to carry him through, and in more cases than not these attributes were sufficient. Mills excelled as a lightheavyweight boxer, but occasionally fought as a heavyweight. He was described as Britains biggest boxing idol in the postwar period.

He was born Frederick Percival Mills in Bournemouth, Hampshire. He was the youngest of four children of Thomas James Mills, a totter and marine store dealer, and his wife Lottie Hilda Gray. He received a pair of boxing gloves when he was eleven, and he used to spar with his brother Charlie. He attended St Michaels School in Bournemouth until the age of fourteen, and then became an apprentice milkman.

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