Jimmy Wilde pugile
- combattimenti
- 142
- vinto
- 132
- perduto
- 3
- pareggiare
- 1
- Stato
- inactive
- Divisione
- flyweight
- Debutto
- 1911-01-01
- Altezza
- 5′ 2½″/159cm
- Arrivare a
- 66″/168cm
- Età
- 76
- Nato
- 1892-05-12
- Morte
- 1969-03-10
- Nazionalità
- United Kingdom
William James Wilde (15 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He held the IBU world flyweight title in 1916, the EBU European flyweight title twice; firstly in 1914 and again from 1916 to 1917, the BBBofC British flyweight title in 1916 and the National Sporting Club's British flyweight title from 1916 to 1918. Often regarded as the greatest British fighter of all time, he 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 Boxer Ever". Wilde earned various nicknames such as, "The Mighty Atom," "Ghost with the Hammer in His Hand" and "The Tylorstown Terror" due to his bludgeoning punching power. While reigning as the world's greatest flyweight, Wilde would take on bantamweights and even featherweights, and knock them out. As well as his professional career, Wilde participated in 151 bouts judged as 'newspaper decisions', of these the results were: Won 7 and lost 1, with 143 being declared as 'no decisions'. Wilde has the third longest recorded unbeaten streak in boxing history, having gone 92–0–1. Behind Packey McFarland who went 106–1–6 losing only his 9th fight and going another 104 unbeaten and behind Young Griffo who was 7–1–3 early on and bringing his record up to 79–1–38 going 107 fights unbeaten.Jimmy Wilde's birth certificate states that he was born in the Taff Bargoed Valley community of Pentwyn Deintyr) (now known as the Graig), Quakers Yard, Treharris, Wales, in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil. His parents later moved to the village of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley when Wilde was around 6 years old. Wilde was the son of a coal miner and worked in the coal pits himself. He was small enough to crawl through gullies impassable to most of his colleagues. He started boxing at the age of sixteen in fairground boxing booths, where crowds were amazed by his toughness and ability to knock down much larger opponents, most of whom were local men weighing around 200 lbs. In 1910, Wilde married his wife Elizabeth and was a father the same year. He left Tylorstown Colliery in 1913.The record books often show that Wilde started boxing professionally in 1911, but it is widely assumed (and later confirmed by boxing analysts) that he had been fighting professionally for at least four years before that. His claim that he had at least 800 fights is probably greatly exaggerated, but it was certainly more than the 152 shown in Boxrec and elsewhere. His 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 roundManaged by Teddy Lewis, reserve captain of the local rugby club, Pontypridd RFC, 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 and Europe Flyweight Championship on 15 January 1915 in London. Wilde was knocked out in the seventeenth round (of twenty).In 1915, Wilde was hospitalized, requiring an operation for "an internal complaint". After a sixteen-fight knockout streak, 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, knocking him out in the eleventh round of their bout at the Holborn Stadium.
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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1923-06-18 | Pancho Villa | LWWWWL | Polo Grounds, New York | LOST KO |
1921-01-13 | Pete Herman | WWLLWL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Technical knockout |
1920-05-24 | Patsy Wallace | LLLLWL | Toronto | WIN Points |
1920-05-13 | Battling Al Murray | WWDWWL | National A.C., Philadelphia | WIN KO |
1920-05-01 | Bobby Dyson | WWDWWL | Cuddy's Arena, Lawrence | WIN KO |
1920-04-21 | Battling Al Murray | WWWDWW | Sportsman's Club, Camden | WIN Technical knockout |
1920-04-12 | Young Zulu Kid | LWWDLL | Windsor | WIN |
1920-03-12 | Frankie Mason | WWWWDW | Coliseum, Toledo | WIN |
1920-03-03 | Patsy Wallace | WLWLL | National A.C., Philadelphia | WIN |
1920-02-19 | Mickey Russell | LLWLWW | 4th Regiment Armory, Jersey City | WIN Technical knockout |
1920-01-29 | Mike Ertle | WWWWLL | Auditorium, Milwaukee | WIN KO |
1920-01-08 | Babe Asher | WLLWWW | Future City A.C., Saint Louis | WIN |
1919-12-06 | Jackie Sharkey | WWWWWL | Auditorium, Milwaukee | LOST |
1919-07-17 | Memphis Pal Moore | WWWWWL | Olympia, Kensington | WIN Points |
1919-05-16 | Alf Mansfield | WLWLW | Holborn Stadium, Holborn | WIN Technical knockout |
1919-04-21 | Jimmy Buck | DWWWWW | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1919-03-31 | Joe Lynch | DWWWWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Points |
1918-08-31 | Joe Conn | WWWWWW | Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea | WIN Technical knockout |
1918-04-29 | Dick Heasman | WW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Corner retirement |
1918-03-28 | Corporal Jacobs | debut | Theatre Royal, Aldershot | WIN KO |
1917-03-22 | Jimmy Russell | debut | Holborn Stadium, Holborn | WIN Technical knockout |
1917-03-12 | George Clark | LWWWWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Technical knockout |
1916-12-18 | Young Zulu Kid | WWLLLW | Holborn Stadium, Holborn | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-11-09 | Tommy Noble | WWWLLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1916-07-31 | Johnny Hughes | LLLLWL | Kensal Rise Athletic Ground, Kensal Rise | WIN KO |
1916-06-26 | Tancy Lee | WLWWWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN KO |
1916-05-29 | Tommy Harrison | WWDWWL | Oxford Music Hall | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-05-13 | Darkey Saunders | LLWDLL | Woolwich Dockyard Labour Club, Woolwich | WIN Technical knockout |
1916-04-29 | Benny Thomas | LWWLLW | Empire Theatre, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1916-04-24 | Johnny Rosner | DWWWDL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-03-27 | Sid Smith | LWDDLW | Hoxton Baths, Hoxton | WIN KO |
1916-03-09 | Sam Kellar | LLLWWW | West London Stadium, Marylebone | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-02-14 | Joe Symonds | WWWLWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-01-27 | Jimmy Morton | DWLLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1916-01-24 | Tommy Noble | WWWWWW | New Cross Baths, New Cross | WIN Corner retirement |
1916-01-08 | Billy Young Rowlands | WLDLLW | Empire, Swansea | WIN Technical knockout |
1915-12-20 | Sid Smith | LWLWDD | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Technical knockout |
1915-12-13 | Danny Elliott | LLLLLL | Central Baths, Bradford | WIN KO |
1915-12-09 | Johnny Best | DDLDLD | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1915-11-27 | Tommy Hughes | WWLLWL | Palace Theatre, Barrow In Furness | WIN Corner retirement |
1915-10-20 | Peter Cullen | DDLWLW | Drill Hall, Dublin | WIN Corner retirement |
1915-09-23 | Walter Buchan | DL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Corner retirement |
1915-08-14 | George Clark | LW | Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook | WIN Corner retirement |
1915-07-24 | Driver Bethuen | debut | Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook | WIN Corner retirement |
1915-03-25 | Sid Shields | L | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1915-01-25 | Tancy Lee | WWWWWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | LOST Technical knockout |
1914-12-03 | Sid Smith | WLLWLW | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-11-16 | Joe Symonds | WWWWDW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Points |
1914-09-28 | Alf Mansfield | WLWWLW | West London Stadium, Marylebone | WIN Corner retirement |
1914-08-20 | Young Baker | LLWLWL | Boulevard Rink, Leicester | WIN Points |
1914-08-10 | Young Ted Walters | WLDWWL | St James Hall, Newcastle | WIN |
1914-07-23 | Artie Edwards | DLWLWW | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1914-07-18 | Charley Jordan | W | New Marquee, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1914-06-22 | Charlie Banyard | L | Market Hall, Aberdare | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-05-11 | Georges Gloria | LWLWDW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-04-27 | Alf Mansfield | WWWLWW | Olympia Skating Rink, Leeds | WIN Points |
1914-04-16 | Albert Bouzonnie | WWWWWW | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-04-13 | Jack Madden | WWLD | Portland Skating Rink, Ashton under Lyne | WIN KO |
1914-03-30 | Eugene Husson | WDWWWW | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN KO |
1914-03-26 | Bill Kyne | LLWLLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-02-16 | George Jaggers | debut | Artillery Drill Hall, Sheffield | WIN Corner retirement |
1914-02-12 | Paddy Carroll | LWLLWL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1914-02-09 | Tom Thomas | WWWWWW | Free Trade Hall, Manchester | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-02-02 | Kid Nutter | WDLLLW | Drill Hall, Birkenhead | WIN Points |
1914-01-29 | Billy Padden | WLLWLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1914-01-08 | Young Beynon | WWWWLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1914-01-03 | Kid Nutter | WWDL | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Points |
1913-12-24 | Kid Levene | WDDWLL | Marquee, Tonypandy | WIN KO |
1913-12-16 | Harry Brooks | LLWWWW | Free Trade Hall, Manchester | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-12-13 | Billy Charles | LWD | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-12-06 | Young George Dando | WLLLLL | Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil | WIN |
1913-11-22 | Dido Gains | WWLLLL | Drill Hall, Swansea | WIN Points |
1913-11-21 | Jack Dyer | WL | Manchester | WIN Technical knockout |
1913-11-13 | Young Baker | WDLWLL | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-11-01 | Darkey Saunders | WWLWWL | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Technical knockout |
1913-09-22 | Young George Dando | LWLLLL | Westgate Rink, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1913-09-18 | Kid Levene | WWDDWL | Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-09-11 | Harry Curley | debut | Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-09-08 | Dido Gains | WWWLLL | Drill Hall, Sheffield | WIN Points |
1913-09-06 | Dick Jenkins | LLL | Ferndale | WIN Points |
1913-08-28 | Jack Dyer | W | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1913-08-04 | Darkey Saunders | LWWLWW | American Skating Rink, Cardiff | WIN Points |
1913-07-19 | Young George Dando | WLWLLL | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Points |
1913-07-12 | Tommy Lewis | LD | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Points |
1913-07-01 | Dick Lewis | debut | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-06-21 | Gwilym Thomas | LD | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Technical knockout |
1913-06-14 | Billy Padden | LWWLLW | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Points |
1913-05-24 | Dai Davies | L | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN Points |
1913-05-05 | Ivor Meredith | debut | Aberdare | NC |
1913-04-19 | Billy Yates | WL | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy | WIN KO |
1913-04-12 | Will Rees | debut | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN KO |
1913-03-24 | Harry Taylor | LWDDWL | Drill Hall, Swansea | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-03-13 | Billy Young Rowlands | debut | Pentre | WIN |
1913-03-08 | Dai Matthews | LDL | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-03-01 | Harry Stuckey | L | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | NC |
1913-02-22 | Ben Hardwick | WDW | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN |
1913-02-15 | Kid Fitzpatrick | WLLLWL | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Technical knockout |
1913-02-08 | Young Tony | debut | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | NC |
1913-02-01 | Dick Jenkins | LL | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN |
1913-01-18 | Tommy Hughes | debut | Hippodrome, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1913-01-01 | Billy Padden | WDDLWW | Victoria AC, Glasgow | WIN Technical knockout |
1912-12-28 | Harry Stuckey | L | Marquee, Tonypandy | NC |
1912-12-21 | Billy Yates | W | Theatre Royal, Cardiff | WIN Corner retirement |
1912-12-14 | Stoker Staines | L | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN KO |
1912-11-30 | Alf Williams | L | Pentre | WIN Points |
1912-11-23 | Kid Pearson | debut | Pavilion, Mountain Ash | WIN Corner retirement |
1912-11-16 | Jim Ransford | debut | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Corner retirement |
1912-11-13 | Llewellyn Boswell | WLLLLD | Swansea | WIN Points |
1912-11-09 | Phil Davies | WDDLLW | Olympia Rink, Merthyr | WIN Corner retirement |
1912-09-19 | Walter Hall | debut | Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield | WIN Technical knockout |
1912-08-17 | Jim Stuckey | debut | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Technical knockout |
1912-08-10 | Mike Flynn | debut | Tonypandy | NC No Contest |
1912-08-03 | Joe Gans | debut | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN Technical knockout |
1912-07-20 | Kid Morris | DL | Welsh National A.C., Cardiff | WIN Corner retirement |
1912-06-20 | Lewis Williams | LL | Pavilion, Tonypandy | WIN KO |
1912-06-03 | Joe Young Wilson | WWLWDL | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | NC |
1912-04-04 | Roland Hall | LLW | WIN KO |
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1912-03-09 | Sam Jennings | LL | Cardiff | WIN Points |
1912-02-15 | Sam Jennings | L | Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1912-02-01 | Young Baker | WWLLW | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1912-01-20 | Matt Wells Nipper | debut | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark | WIN Technical knockout |
1911-12-20 | Ted Roberts | LL | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-12-12 | Young Towell | WL | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-11-20 | Jim Young Rice | D | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-11-11 | Young Towell | W | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-10-30 | Young Sam Langford | DWWLW | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-10-20 | Young Powell | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-10-10 | Joe Rogers | LWLLLL | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-09-20 | Ted Powell | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-09-09 | Frank Avent | W | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-08-26 | Sam Jennings | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN Technical knockout |
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1911-08-08 | Fred Chappell | debut | Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1911-07-07 | Steve Thomas | W | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-06-20 | Kid Morris | D | Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1911-06-03 | Billy Brown | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-05-25 | Ted Roberts | L | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-05-15 | Archie Grant | L | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-05-08 | James Easton | LLDLWL | Olympia, Edinburgh | WIN Points |
1911-05-05 | Dai Roberts | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-04-20 | Billy Papke | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-04-10 | Eddie Thomas | debut | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-04-04 | Archie Grant | debut | Pontypridd | WIN KO |
1911-03-20 | Dai Thomas | debut | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN Technical knockout |
1911-03-13 | Lewis Williams | debut | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN Corner retirement |
1911-03-09 | Dick Jenkins | L | Cardiff | WIN Points |
1911-02-23 | Young Williams | debut | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1911-01-20 | Dai Jones | WL | Pontypridd | DRAW Points |
1911-01-10 | Dick Jenkins | debut | Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1911-01-01 | Ted Roberts | debut | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd | WIN KO |