Career
Sutton"s career record was poor, and his few wins tended to coincide with the challenges he made for the Welsh titles. One of four boxing brothers, Sutton trained as an amateur at the Vale American Broadcasting Company. He turned professional in 1944 losing to Tommy Burney at The Stadium in Liverpool in his first professional bout. On 14 June 1948 he was selected to fight Billy Davies, the holder of the Wales flyweight title, at Queen"s Hall, Pontypridd.
The fight went the full 15 rounds, with Sutton being given the title on points decision.
Sutton fought at least three more times before his first defence of his new title, all fought in England and all ending in defeat. Lewis brought with him over a hundred fights and had once challenged for the British and Commonwealth belts at bantamweight.
Sutton gave a good account, but was forced to retire in the final round of the twelve round contest. Losing his championship title.
In July 1949 Sutton faced Glyn David, the first of four such meetings
In November 1949 Sutton again faced David, with an identical result, a points decision loss. His third fight to David was for the vacant Wales flyweight title, relinquished by Norman Lewis who had moved back to Bantamweight. The 12 round fight took place at Coney Beach Arena in Porthcawl in August 1950, and David made it a hat-trick of wins by beating Sutton on points.
Sutton began 1951 with a loss to George Edwards in Middlesbrough when he was disqualified in the fourth round.
The match was arranged for 4 October 1950 and was held at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff. Sutton and David"s 12 round fight were given top billing, with Tommy Farr challenging Robert Eugene on the undercard.
Sutton showed he had learnt from his past encounters with David and this time was in complete control of the fight. Sutton gave an incredible display of hitting without being hit, scoring to the body and head while keeping out of David"s range.
The bout went the full distance and Sutton was given the decision, regaining the Welsh lightweight title.
Although he spoke of going up in weight to challenge Welsh featherweight Dai Davies it never happened. He later revivied his old Vale club along with brother Jackie, and trained the next generation of fighters, including George Junior. He later moved to Fairwater area of Cardiff and died there in December 1995.
