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Johnny Playboy Prescott (20 August 1938 — 11 November 2012 (aged 74)) born in Birmingham was an English professional cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and ’70s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Midlands Area heavyweight title and was a challenger for the BBBofC British heavyweight title and British Commonwealth heavyweight title against Henry Cooper the outdoor bout at Birmingham City’s St Andrews stadium was postponed for a day because of bad weather his professional fighting weight varied from 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb) i.e.