While in university, he began working out with his roommate
Rocky MacDougall, the future Canadian featherweight champion, who introduced him to boxing in 1968. With only two fights, he made the national team and competed at the 1971
Canada Winter Games in Saskatoon, where he lost a split decision to heavyweight
Jack Meda. That fall, he joined the Canadian national team's European tour, scoring knockouts in Sweden and the Netherlands before dropping a split decision in Norway. At the Canadian National Championships held at the
Saskatoon Arena in May 1972, he captured the title in the heavyweight division. The 24-year-old was named the "outstanding fighter" of the championships. Following the national championships, he was selected for the national Olympic team. By 1973, he began training under
Tom McCluskey. In three years, he fought fourteen fights and won ten, including seven by knockout. That year, he was given both the provincial title and the Maritime amateur crown in Saint John, each by default when no opponents were available. Advancing to the North American amateur boxing championships, he competed at
Uniondale's
Nassau Coliseum on May 28, 1973. He emerged as the North American heavyweight champion with a first round knockout.
1974 Commonwealth Games Out of 140 athletes picked to represent Canada at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games in
Christchurch, New Zealand, he was the sole
Atlantic-Canadian. Holding Canadian and North American amateur heavyweight titles, he competed as one of six members of the Canadian Commonwealth Games boxing team coached by
Harold Mann. In 1988, a torn muscle suffered in sparring forced Morgan to retire from boxing, though he continued coaching both boxing and football. Following his retirement from boxing, he pursued a 20-year career as a schoolteacher. ==Death==