Career
Curtis began boxing as a youth in his hometown of Cardiff, boxing out of the Roath Youth Athletic Boxing Club. He entered the 1967 Amateur Boxing Association National Championship fighting at flyweight. Curtis reached the final, and on 5 May he beat Victor Bowyer to lift the Amateur title.
Curtis followed this up by winning the Welsh American Bar Association flyweight title in 1967 and again in 1968.
Curtis turned professional in 1968 moving up a weight division to bantamweight and joined Benny Jacob"s boxing stable. His first professional fight was on the undercard at the National Sporting Club in London against John Kellie.
The contest went the full six rounds and was judged a draw. His second fight was just two weeks later in Dublin where he faced Jim Henry.
Curtis was stopped in the eighth via technical knockout.
These results opened up a shot at the vacant Welsh area bantamweight title. A non-title re-match was arranged against Davis on 29 September, this time held in London. The outcome was the same Curtis winning on points after ten rounds.
His final fight was held in Derby against Nigerian Orizu Obilaso.
Curtis suffered a second round technical knockout defeat and retired soon after.
