JIMMY WILDE

Member of the boxing platoon JIMMY WILDE

(Mighty Atom) or (The Tylorstown Terror) Born 12th May 1892. Cert No. YB 885085 (copy)
Quakers Yard.Glamorgan.
South Wales
Weight 108 lbs
Height 5’2 & half
Managed by Teddy Lewis

1911

Lewis Williams w KO 3

Sid Jenkins w KO 11

Young Avent w KO 4

Ted Powell w KO 3

Joe Rogers w KO 5

Kid Pearson w KO 2

Joe Gans w KO 7

Lewis Williams w KO 5

Mike Flynn w KO 8

Young Powell w KO 3

Ted Roberts w KO 3

Ted Roberts w KO 4

Dai Roberts w KO 3

Young Langford w KO 2

Eddie Thomas w KO 2

Steve Thomas w KO 3

Billy Papke w KO 3

Archie Grant w KO 2

Young Towell w KO 3

Young Rice w KO 4

Walter Hall w KO 3

Harry Stuckey w KO 7

Dai Thomas w PTS 3

Dick Jenkins w PTS 6

Fred Chappell w PTS 6

Jim Easton w PTS 10

Young Baker w PTS 6

George Luke DREW 6

1912

Jan.20 – Matt Wells w KO 1 London

Feb.18 – George Luke DREW 6 Pontypridd

Mar.20 – D Thomas w PTS 3 Pontypridd

Jul.20 – Kid Morris w KO 5 Cardiff

Aug.17 – Jim Stuckey w KO 5 Tonypandy

Nov.09 – Phil Davis w KO 2 Merthyr

Nov.16 – Young Ransford w KO 2 Tonypandy

Nov.30 – Alf Williams w PTS 12 Tonypandy

Dec.14 – Stoker Staines w KO 1 Tonypandy

Dec.21 – Billy Yates w KO 4 Cardiff

Dec.31 – Billy Padden w KO 19 Glasgow

1913

Jan.18 – Tom Hughes w KO 7 Tonypandy

Feb.01 – Dick Jenkins no decision10 Tonypandy

Feb.15 – Kid Fitzpatrick w KO 2 T.

Feb.** - Harry Stuckey no decision 6 T.

Feb.** - Ben Hardwick no decision 8 Tylorstown

Mar.08 – Dai Matthews w KO 4 T.

Mar.** - Harry Taylor w KO 3 Swansea

Apr.12 – Will Rees w KO 2 T.

Apr.19 – Billy Yates w KO 3 T.

Apr.27 – Dai Davies w PTS 12 T.

May.06 – Kid Levine w KO 8 T.

May.19 – Harry Brooks w KO 8 Manchester

May.30 – Harry Curley w KO 12 Hanley

Jun.14 – Billy Padden w PTS 15 T.

Jun.21 – Gwilym Thomas w KO 5 T.

Jul.01 – Dick Lewis w KO 3 T.

Jul.12 – Tommy Lewis w PTS 12 T.

Jul.19 – Young Dando w PTS 15 T.

Aug.04 – Darky Sanders w PTS 10 Cardiff

Aug.28 – Young Dyer w KO 3 Liverpool

Sep.06 – Dick Jenkins w PTS 10 Ferndale

Sep.08 – Dido Gains w PTS 15 Cardiff

Sep.18 – Kid Levine w KO 7 Hanley

Sep.22 – Young Dando w PTS 10 Cardiff

Nov.01 – Darky Sanders w KO 11 T.

Nov.13 – Young Baker w KO 10 Liverpool

Nov.21 – Young Dyer w PTS 10 Manchester

Nov.22 – Dido Gains w PTS 15 Swansea

Dec.06 – Young Dando w DISQ 10 Merthyr

Dec.13 – Billy Charles w KO 6 T.

1914

Jan.03 – Kid Nutter w PTS 15 T.

Jan.08 – Young Beynon w PTS 15 Liverpool

Jan.29- Billy Padden w PTS 3 Liverpool

Feb.02 – Kid Nutter w PTS 15 Birkenhead

Feb.09 – Tom Thomas w KO 7 Manchester

Feb.12 – Paddy Carroll w KO 2 Liverpool

Feb.16 – Geoffrey Jaggers w PTS 5 Sheffield

Mar.26 – Bill Kyne w PTS 4 Liverpool

Mar.30 – Eugene Husson w KO 6 National Sporting Club

Apr.13 – Jack Madden w KO 4 Ashton-under-Lime

Apr.16 – Bouzonnie w KO 6 Liverpool

Apr.27 – Alf Mansfield w PTS 20 Leeds

May.11 – Gloris w KO 9 NSC

Jun.22 – Charlie Banyard w PTS 9 Aberdare

Jul.18 – Charley Jordan w KO 10 T.

Jul.23 – Artie Edwards w PTS 15 Liverpool

Aug.19 – Young Baker w PTS 15 Leicester

Sep.28 – Alf Mansfield w KO 10 London

Nov.16 – Joe Symonds w PTS 15 London

Dec.03 – Sid Smith w KO 9 Liverpool

1915

Jan.25 – Tancy Lee L KO 17 London

Mar.25 – Sid Shields w KO 2 Liverpool

Jul.24 – Dvr. Benthew w PTS 5 Sheffield

Aug.14 – George Clark w PTS 8 Sheffield

Sep.25 – Walter Buchan w KO 5 Liverpool

Oct.20 – Peter Cullen w PTS 9 Dublin

Nov.27 – Tommy Hughes w PTS 8 Barrow

Dec.09 – Johnny Best w PTS 14 Liverpool

Dec.13 – Danny Elliott w KO 2 Bradford

Dec.20 – Sid Smith w PTS 8 Liverpool

1916

Jan.08 – Billy Rowlands w PTS 7 Swansea

Jan.24 – Tom Noble w PTS 11 New Cross

Jan.27 – Jimmy Morton w KO 2 Liverpool

Feb.14 – Young Symonds w KO 12 London

Won the Lonsdale belt against Joe Symmonds, 14th Feb 1916.

Mar.09 – Sam Keller w PTS 8 W.L. Stadium

Mar.27 – Sid Smith w KO 3 Hoxton

Apr.24 – Johnny Rosner w KO 11 Liverpool

Apr.29 – Benny Thomas w PTS 8 London

May.13 – Darky Sanders w PTS 5 New Cross

May.13 – Joe Magnus w PTS 5 New Cross

May.29 – Tommy Harrison w PTS 8 London

Jun.26 – Tancy Lee w KO 11 London

Jul.31 – Johnny Hughes w KO 10 London

Dec.18 – Young Zulu Kid w KO 11 London

Won theWorld Championship.Flyweight title.

1917

Mar.13 – George Clark w PTS 4 London

Mar.22 – Frankie Russell w KO 3 London

1918

Mar.28 – L-Cpl Jacobs w KO 4 Aldershot

Apr.29 – Pte.Dick Heasman w KO 2 London

Aug.31 – Joe Conn w KO 12 London

Dec.11 – Joe Lynch w PTS 3 London

Dec.11 – Digger Evans w PTS 3 London

Dec.12 – Pal Moore L PTS 3 London

1919

Mar.31 – Joe Lynch w PTS 15 NSC

Apr.21 – Jimmy Buck w KO 5 Liverpool

May.17 – Alf Mansfield w KO 13 Hol.Stad.

Jul.17 – Pal Moore w PTS 20 Olympia

Dec.06 – Jack Sharkey NO DECISION 10 Milwaukee

1920

Jan.08 – Babe Asher NO DECISION 8 St Louis

Jan.29 – Mike Ertle w KO 3 Milwaukee

Feb.19 – Mickey Russell w KO 7 Jersey City

Mar.03 – Patsy Wallace NO DECISION 6 Phil.

Mar.12 – Frankie Mason NO DECISION 12 Toledo

Apr.12 – Zulu Kid NO DECISION 10 Windsor

Apr.21 – Battling Murray w KO 8 Camden

May.01 – Bobby Dyson w KO 1 Lawrence

May.13 – Battling Murray w KO 2 Phil.

May.24 – Patsy Wallace w PTS 10 Toronto

1921

Jan.13 – Pete Herman L KO 17 London

1923

Jun.18 – Pancho Villa L KO 7 New York

Lost title to Pancho Villa, June 1923.
18 December 1916 until June 18, 1923 Worlds Longest uninterrupted title
reigns: Flyweight: Jimmy Wilde (6 yrs 6 months)

Bio.

Born Quakers yard.Glamorgan.12th May 1892.

Moved to 8 Station Road, Pontygwaith. in 1895.Worked in Tylorstown Colliery,in 1904. Age 12.
Married to Elizabeth in 1909.
Left Tylorstown Colliery in 1913.

Died 10th March 1969. Interred: Barry Cemetery

Died in a hospital near Cardiff. Apparently his best fighting weight was 6 stone 10lbs and was so frail looking and white that he was referred to as The Ghost with a hammer in his hand. AKA The Indian Famine and the Furious Freak

This is a summary from a piece by the great historian Gilbert Odd which appeared in Boxing News 4/4/69:

He came in at a time when flyweights were plentiful and competition extremely high. Never made 8st in his fighting life!

Record books show he started in 1911 but it is taken for granted that he had been fighting professionally for at least 4 years before that. 100s of his bouts , fought on the top spit to an audience of miners on pay night or in the Saturday night booth run by “Professor” Jack Scarrott on the vacant piece of land at the top of the street took place before anyone thought of recording contests. Even printed record is not complete. Wilde’s claim that he had at least 800 fights is probably greatly exaggerated, but it was a great deal more than the 139 listed. Never suffered hand injuries. Never put a bandage on until he fought in London. Thought it cramped the fist. Never had a lesson in his life bar the few in his bedroom from Dai Davies, the father of the girl he was courting. Was married and a father by 1912. In 1916 joined the army and was sent to Aldershot as PT instructor. At 29 after such continued and strenuous activity, his natural fighting instincts deserted him when he fought Pete Herman. Retired for 2 & half years, came back disastrously.

1959 the American Boxing Hall of Fame

Books you might be interested in?

“Out-Fighting or Long Range Boxing” by Jim Driscoll

“Fighting was my Business (1938) by Jimmy Wilde

“Hitting & Stopping” (1914) by Jimmy Wilde

“The Art of Boxing” (1923) by Jimmy Wilde

“Benny Jones” (1989) by F.Deakin

“Peerless Jim Driscoll” (1987) by same

“Welsh Warriors” (1990) by same

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