Lester Mark Tarrant (26 May 1903 – 1979) also recorded as Leicester Mark Tarrant was a British

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. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the

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and fought as Les Tarrant. Tarrant won the 1921 and 1924

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British bantamweight titles and the 1922 flyweight title, when boxing out of the Armstrong- Siddeley ABC.

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* 1903 births 1979 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers of Great Britain Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Coventry Bantamweight boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub