 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Sid Parkinson ni ikẹkọ ni Robin Hood  Thorpe Amateur Boxing Club ABC, ati pe o jẹ oludije fun Ajọ Amateur Boxing Association of England ABAE Junior Class-B akọle lodi si B. R. Watkins Ryde ABC ni The Standard Motor Company Ltd Hall, Coventry ni Ọjọ Satidee 26 Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 1955, o ja ni kariaye fun Ajọ Amateur Boxing Association of England, pẹlu idije kan lodi si Poland ni Empire Pool ati Sports Arena, Wembley ni Ọjọru 20 Kọkànlá Oṣù 1957 nibi ti o ti padanu si : 1957 European middleweight champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski in a first-round knockout, his co-boxers that day included fellow Southpaws; Tommy Bache, Johnny Cunningham, Dick McTaggart, and Don Weller. Àwọn tí wọn jọ ń ja ìjàkadì lọjọ náà ni Tommy Bache, Johnny Cunningham, Dick McTaggart, àti Don Weller. 