Tributes paid to ex-policeman who changed the lives of young people through boxing
Mick Taylor set up a boxing club to help get young people off the street
Tributes have flown in for 78-year-old Mick Taylor- a "father-like figure" who died on Wednesday, 9th of August.
He set up Campol boxing club in 1972 to help get troubled youths off the streets and learn discipline through boxing. He was also a police officer for Cambridge Constabulary for over 30 years.
Chief Constable of Cambridge Constabulary Nick Dean said, “Mick’s legacy is a special one. His passing is incredibly sad and he is a great loss across policing, especially to all those he coached and mentored."
Mick died surrounded by his family at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, in Huntingdon, after being admitted for a bleed on the brain.
His heroics inspired PC Chris Baker, a safer schools officer in Peterborough, to start Peterborough amateur Police Boxing Club in 2013.
Chris said, "Without Mick, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I will continue his legacy and passion for diverting young people away from crime and disorder through boxing.”
Mick joined the Metropolitan Police bomb squad for three years and also spent seven years with the Cambridgeshire drug squad.
He was also on the shortlist for a Boxing England Lifetime Achievement Award and attended the ceremony in Sheffield last month.