Please answer the following question: Facts: - weight: fly/bantam/feather / lightweight - draws: 15 - losses: 50 -lrb- ko 8 -rrb- - death date: 6 march 1963 -lrb- aged 51 -rrb- - total: 228 - birth date: 8 january 1912 - name: johnny king - nationality: english - birth place: manchester , england - wins: 162 -lrb- ko 7 -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johnny king -lrb- boxer -rrb- .
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johnny king -lrb- 8 january 1912 -- 6 march 1963 -lrb- aged 51 -rrb- -rrb- born in manchester , was an english professional fly/bantam/feather / lightweight boxer of the 1920s , '30s and '40s who won the british boxing board of control -lrb- bbbofc -rrb- northern -lrb- england -rrb- area bantamweight title , bbbofc british bantamweight title , and british empire bantamweight title , and was a challenger for bbbofc british featherweight title against nel tarleton , and international boxing union -lrb- ibu -rrb- world bantamweight title against panama al brown , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. flyweight to , i.e. featherweight .