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Alan Salter only lived a short life, but he lived it to the full Remembering Peckham s popular Alan Salter, who died tragically young ONE of the biggest ticket-sellers to come out of London back in the 1970s was Alan Salter of Peckham. He was an exciting fighter and, although his record of 13 wins from 32 contests does not look much good on paper, he was rated as high as third in the British light-welterweight (now super-lightweight) class and he also boxed for the British title at that weight. Born in 1950, Alan died just nine days after his 35th birthday, having lain in a coma for the seven years before that following a tragic accident in 1978. ....