WelshDevilRob Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Jimmy Wilde http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Jimmy_Wilde.jpg/200px-Jimmy_Wilde.jpg Jimmy Wilde (15 May 1892 - 10 March 1969), was a Welsh world boxing champion. Jimmy Wilde was the first official world flyweight champion and was rated by American boxing writer Nat Fleischer, as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter, Charley 'Broadway' Rose, as "the greatest flyweight ever". Wilde earned various nicknames such as, "The Mighty Atom", "Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand" and "The Tylorstown Terror".[1] Career The record books often show that Wilde started boxing professionally in 1911 but it is widely assumed that he had been fighting professionally for at least four years before that. Wilde's claim that he had at least 800 fights is probably greatly exaggerated, but it was rather more than the 144 shown in Boxrec and elsewhere. Wilde's officially listed debut was on 26 December 1910, when he fought Les Williams to a no-decision in three rounds. His first win came on 1 January 1911, when he knocked out Ted Roberts in the third round. Managed by Teddy Lewis, reserve captain of local rugby club, Pontypridd RFC,[3] Wilde went undefeated in 103 bouts, all of which were held in Britain, a remarkable achievement. In the middle of that streak, on 31 December 1912, he won the British 7 stone championship by beating Billy Padden by an eighteenth-round knockout in Glasgow. He finally lost his undefeated record when he challenged Tancy Lee for the vacant British flyweight title and Europe championship on 15 January 1915 in London. Wilde was knocked out in the seventeenth round (of twenty). Wilde then embarked on a sixteen-fight knockout streak, and on 14 February 1916, he won the British flyweight title by beating Joe Symonds by a knockout in round twelve at the National Sporting Club in London. On 24 April 1916 Wilde beat Johnny Rosner by a knockout in the eleventh round at Liverpool Stadium to win the IBU world flyweight title. On 13 May he had two fights on the same day at Woolwich Dockyard (against Darkey Saunders and Joe Magnus), winning both by knockout, both fights combined lasting less than five rounds. On 26 June Wilde returned to the National Sporting Club to take his revenge on Tancy Lee with an eleventh-round knockout. On 18 December Wilde became recognised as the first World Flyweight Champion (the IBU title was only recognised in Europe) when he defeated Young Zulu Kid of the United States whose seconds threw in the towel during the eleventh round of their bout at the Holborn Stadium. http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/C822FE41-9C8F-40FB-89C1-9CAE28AADD2C/BE059835.jpg In 1917, he retained the title by beating George Clarke by a knockout in four. With that win, he also won the European title and recovered the British title. But that would be his last title defence, as soon he decided to vacate the world title. He kept fighting and winning, and in 1919, he beat Joe Lynch, another boxer who was a world champion, by decision in 15. In 1920 he went undefeated in 10 fights, but then, he lost by a knockout in 17 to former world bantamweight champion Pete Herman, who outweighed Wilde by more than a stone (14 pounds), in 1921. The bout was originally scheduled as a title defence, but Herman had lost his championship to Lynch the month before. Herman easily regained the bantamweight title from Lynch in July 1921, leading some to suspect that he had left the title behind with Lynch in America intentionally. That was the fight that marked his return to Britain after touring the United States all of 1920. After a win over Young Jennings, he announced his retirement. Wilde returned to the ring out of a sense of obligation to defend his title against Pancho Villa on 18 June 1923. After losing by a knockout in seven to the Philippines' first world champion, Wilde announced his retirement. He had a record of 137 wins, 4 losses, 2 draws and 8 no-decisions, with 100 wins by knockout, which makes him one of the most prolific knockout winners of all time, according to Ring Magazine, publication which also named him the 3rd greatest puncher of all time in 2003. http://www.cinetig.co.uk/files/.resized_325x489_JimmyWilde.jpg In 1990, Wilde was elected into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame as a member of that institution's original class. In 1992 he was also inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and one of his prize winning belts is part of the organisation's display. Source: wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Nominated by WelshDevilRob Jimmy Wilde "I'm going to nominate a fellow Welshman in 'The Mighty Atom' Jimmy Wilde who was World Flyweight Champion. His record according to Boxrec is won 134 (KO 100) + lost 4 (KO 3) + drawn 2; Newspaper Decisions won 4 : lost 1 Regarded by many including the Ring magazine as the Greatest Flyweight of all-time and one of the P4P hardest hitters. He often fought men alot bigger than himself. He boxed from 1910 to 1923." - WelshDevilRob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Please Vote in the Poll above. Jimmy Wilde: do you believe he should be in the Hall Of Fame - Yes or No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 Votes also running for: Muhammad Ali: http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=9007 Sugar Ray Robinson: http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=9001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 definitely one of the best ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallen Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 The greatest Flyweight of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saigon Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Definitely gets my vote 130 plus wins with 100 knockouts, thats ridiculous..of course 20 round bouts helps with that but still a very impressive feat even to just engage in 20 round bout. He packed a punch for a flyweight and may be the best fly of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabandmove Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Another easy yes vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Yes... Impressive career and thunderous record, one the best ever!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 YES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yes vote from me and quite possibly the Greatest fighter Wales has produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Yes vote from me and quite possibly the Greatest fighter Wales has produced. Rob- I would say not only the best Wales ever produced but for my money the best UK Fighter of All Time, along with Ted "Kid" Lewis, who should be joining him as we go through the obvious choices. An easy Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telboy66 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 definitely, no question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerhodes Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 fantastic record. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Easy entry. It was pointed out in the first post that he went undefeated in 103 fights. That is the longest unbeaten streak in boxing history. Also, as pointed out above, he is rated as having the 3rd hardest punch of all time according to Ring magazine. Bert Sugar rates Jimmy Wilde as the 18th best boxer of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Get your votes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironjab Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 the greatest fighter of all time maybe..... so sad what happened to him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted March 25, 2011 Author Share Posted March 25, 2011 the greatest fighter of all time maybe..... so sad what happened to him... Yeah wasn't he beaten to death by a Gang of youths when he was an oldman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 We need more votes people. At the very least 10 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Jimmy Wilde has qualified for the Budweiser Boxing Hall of Fame with over 90% 'Yes' votes after 20 votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telboy66 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Jimmy Wilde has qualified for the Budweiser Boxing Hall of Fame with over 90% 'Yes' votes after 20 votes. Rob how do I go about nominating a boxer for the BBHofF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Jimmy Wilde has qualified for the Budweiser Boxing Hall of Fame with over 90% 'Yes' votes after 20 votes. Rob how do I go about nominating a boxer for the BBHofF Nominate a fighter in here with reasons why as I'll post your reasons in the Poll topic http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=8182 And nominate here if the fighter was active in the last 40 years. http://budweiserboxing.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=9638 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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