 Tommy Davies was a middleweight boxer who in 1945 fought and lost to Marcel Cerdan at The Palais des Sports, Paris, France.By 1948 Cerdan was world middleweight champion after defeating Tony Zale in 1948 at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States.Tommy Davies worked as a coal miner at Cwmgors Colliery and Abernant Colliery, up until circa 1979.