Mr Perry had been a dedicated member of Dereham Boxing Club for 46 years, touching hundreds of lives and coaching, guiding and inspiring generations of boxers.
His dad, Henry, taught him to box, following a family tradition that stretched back 100 years and over three generations.
It is believed Mr Perry fought about 140 bouts in his amateur career, sometimes boxing twice or three times a week.
He joined Dereham Boxing Club in 1975 as a coach with his friend Kenny Harvey. At the time the club was in an old railway carriage behind the Railway Tavern. It later moved to Cherry Tree car park, then to Rash s Green and later to its current location in the car park of Breckland Business Centre.
Service & Sacrifice: Tennessee troops deployed for Christmas
Brandi Harvey and her three children plan to talk on Christmas to Master Sgt. Kenny Harvey deployed “somewhere” in Africa with the Tennessee Air National Guard. Author: John Becker Updated: 6:14 PM EST December 24, 2020
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Thousands of American troops are spending this Christmas Eve far away from friends and family.
Merry Christmas from Africa. That is the holiday greeting in 2020 from Master Sergeant Kenny Harvey deployed overseas this year with the Knoxville-based 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard.
“He’s been away since about the summer, so it’s been a little while, said Brandi Harvey, wife of Sgt. Harvey.