[2] During his boxing career, he was 166 cm in height and weighed 62 kg (137 lb).
[3] He competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
[4] In the six years prior to his selection for the Australian Olympic team in 1964, Blair fought 70 fights, winning 47 of them.
[1][5] His first round was a bye, after which he won his bout against Taiwanese boxer Chee-Chu Wang by knockout, less than two minutes into the fight.
He lost his third round on points to Soviet boxer Vilikton Barannikov, who went on to win the silver medal.