His brother, Jackie Sutton, also held a Wales boxing belt and his son, George Jr, contested the British Bantamweight title.

He failed to win in his next two fights, including a loss to Burmese fighter Al Hutt, when Sutton was knocked out by his opponent while he was hitching up his shorts.

[1] On 14 June 1948 he was selected to fight Billy Davies, the holder of the Wales flyweight title, at Queen's Hall, Pontypridd.

The 12 round fight took place at Coney Beach Arena in Porthcawl in August 1950, and David made it a hat-trick of wins by beating Sutton on points.

Despite the poor run of form Sutton was allowed another challenge for the Wales lightweight title, still held by his rival Glyn David.

He retired from competitive boxing in 1952, and spent some time in London as a sparring partner for the likes of South African fighter Jake Tuli.