Career
He is most notable for winning the British and Empire bantamweight boxing championship in 1913. Beynon was a collier from the South Wales coalfield who supplemented his wages by taking up boxing while still a teenager. One of Beynon"s first professional bouts was a loss against George Dando of Merthyr Tydfil, before Beynon entered one of the more successful phases of his career in the first three years as a professional fighter.
On 2 June 1913, Beynon faced Digger Stanley at The Ring, in Blackfriars, London.
Beynon"s later career never reflected the success of his early career, losing the majority of his challenges. When Beynon first faced Ledoux, it was for the European bantamweight championship title, and he lost the fight after being forced to retire in the eighth round after his eyebrow was split.
Beynon retired from the boxing ring at the age of 39. He died two years later in 1932 in a colliery accident.
