However, he was unable to hold on to the money he earned and ended up living in impoverished circumstances, whilst being hounded by the Inland Revenue for unpaid tax.

[5] Being a widow with five children to look after, Beatrice struggled to make ends meet on a small war pension and had to work from morning to night as a domestic cleaner to earn money.

Beatrice was the daughter of a former bare-knuckle fighter and was by all accounts a feisty woman who would tell her children to stand up for themselves when they were subjected to abuse.

The accident resulted in a burst eardrum which left him partially deaf in one ear, due to this disability, some people assumed he was 'aloof'.

[6] His amateur boxing career commenced at the Leamington Boys Club and continued when he joined the Royal Navy.

The rules have been changed over the years and junior boxers can no longer enter the senior championships; meaning that no one will be able to match his feat.

He had embarked on a weight training regime designed by a man called Arthur Batty and built up his physical strength.

Turpin proved to be the exception to this rule and many of his future opponents including Sugar Ray Robinson would comment on his immense physical strength.

Turpin got up at the count of seven and was then trapped against the ropes and taking a sustained beating when the referee Ruby Goldstein stopped the fight.

[14] Turpin regained the European Middleweight Title in 1953 with a points victory over Charles Humez, and was recognised as world champion in Europe.

Following the retirement of Sugar Ray Robinson Turpin was nominated to fight for the vacant World Middleweight Title against Carl 'Bobo' Olsen.

Turpin spent much of the fight trapped on the ropes taking punches at close quarters to the head and body.

After the fight Turpin was urinating blood indicating that he had suffered damage to his kidneys from Olson's sustained body punches.

[16] Mitri had exploited a flaw in Turpin's boxing technique whereby he dropped his right hand which was supposed to protect his chin, leaving him exposed to a left hook.

The British Board of Boxing control (BBBC) made Turpin have a full medical, but decided that he was fit enough to continue his career.

[2] Following a nine-month break, Turpin returned as a light heavyweight 12st 7lbs (175lbs), but could no longer be considered a true world title contender in this weight division.

He still dominated at a domestic level and in 1955 he beat Alex Buxton to take the British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Titles.

The BBBC stopped a proposed fight between Turpin and Willie Pastrano from going ahead because they thought that it was not in the best interests of boxing.

In 1986 John Douglas recalled; "As a member of the boxing team, and later lightweight champ of the Home Fleet, I was selected to sort out the chef.

"[clarification needed] However, as he was talented at boxing, he was allowed to spend most of his time training for upcoming contests because of the Kudos his winning of national titles brought to them.

[2] The incident led to Randolph falling out with his brother Dick whom he blamed for telling Daniels what had happened in his first marriage.

[7] Turpin met his second wife Gwyneth (née Price, 1925–1992) the daughter of a Welsh farmer whilst training for the Robinson fight at Gwrych Castle in Wales.

In addition, he became a soft touch for anyone with a hard luck story and gave money away or lent it to people whom he considered to be his friends.

[7] Prior to the second Robinson fight the system had been that an accountant dealt with the financial matters and his manager countersigned cheques for Randolph to withdraw money from his boxing earnings.

Turpin kept appealing the assessments forwarded to him by the Inland Revenue (HMRC) in the belief that he had already paid all the tax due to them.

[2] The tax bill was eventually reduced to an amount of £17,126 following an emotional appeal by his accountant Max Mitchell at the commissioners hearing, in which he said: "As time goes on the punching power of a boxer is enfeebled.

His eyes are affected, deafness overtakes him and in effect he is lucky that in the prime of his manhood he doesn't turn into a two-legged vegetable.

In addition, his personal doctor stated that he thought Turpin had become punch-drunk from all the blows that he had taken to the head during his boxing career.

[2][6][23] He had drifted apart from his brothers and sisters because they did not get on with his wife Gwyneth, and in a suicide note left pinned to the door of the room where he was found, he had told her not to give anything to them and that she should go back to Wales because that was the place where they had been happiest.

Turpin wrote a poem titled 'The comeback road' the final verse of which is as follows: "So we leave this game which was hard and cruel.