Alan Richardson initially trained in Hemsworth, and then at the White Rose Boys' Club Amateur Boxing Club  in Wakefield, and won the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) Junior Class-B title against Brian Harding (St George's Stepney ABC) at RAF Stanmore Park Sports Arena, Middlesex on Thursday 27 May 1965, was runner-up for the Senior featherweight title against Johnny Cheshire (Repton ABC) at the 81st ABAE National Championship at Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on Friday 10 May 1968, won the Senior featherweight title against Eddie Pritchard (Llangefni ABC) at the 82nd ABAE National Championship at Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley on Friday 9 May 1969, won a bronze medal losing on points in the semi-final to eventual gold medalist László Orbán at featherweight in the 1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships at Bucharest, Romania on Sunday 8 June 1969.