Max Bygraves

[Coco]

Just read that his dad boxed flyweight as Battling Tom Smith, can't find any evidence of this, was it made up?

[orbtastic]

This guy?:

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/840454

[Coco]

This guy?:

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/840454

Could be, from his Wiki page, says a flyweight, from Rotherhide, also called himself Battling Tom Smith.

Bygraves was born in 1922

A bantam from Lambeth is fairly close to the mark