Percival "Percy" Hayles (24 October 1940 – 28 August 1978) was a Jamaican people, Jamaican professional lightweight, light/light welterweight, light welter/welterweight Boxing, boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#lightweight, British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the Jamaican lightweight title against Bunny Grant, and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Carlos Morocho Hernández, Carlos "Morocho" Enrique Hernandez Ramos, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. lightweight to , i.e. welterweight. He was the 1964 Men's Winner of the Jamaica Sportsperson of the year, he was killed when he was hit by a motorist while riding a bicycle near Kingston, Jamaica.

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1940 births 1978 deaths Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Place of birth missing Place of death missing Road incident deaths in Jamaica Welterweight boxers Jamaican male boxers Cycling road incident deaths 20th-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-boxing-bio-stub