Jimmy Wilde | |
Realname: | William James Wilde |
Nickname: |
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Weight: | Flyweight |
Height: | 5feet |
Reach: | 660NaN0 |
Nationality: | Welsh |
Birth Date: | 1892 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
Death Place: | Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 150 |
Wins: | 137 |
Ko: | 98 |
Losses: | 4 |
Draws: | 1 |
No Contests: | 8 |
William James Wilde (12 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He simultaneously held the National Sporting Clubs British flyweight title and the World Flyweight championship from 1916 to 1923.
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.[1]
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.[2] In the 1901 census eight year old William James Wilde, his parents and his three sisters were all recorded as speaking only Welsh. His father was a coal miner and Jimmy later worked in the pits himself, being 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.
Managed 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. Ignoring his handlers advice to postpone the fight because he was suffering from Influenza, a weakened Wilde was knocked out in the seventeenth round (of twenty).In 1915, Wilde was hospitalized, requiring an operation for "an internal complaint".[3] 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.[4] On 13 May, he had two fights on the same day at Woolwich barracks winning both by knockout, both fights combined lasted 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 the first World Flyweight Champion when he defeated Young Zulu Kid of the United States, knocking him out in the eleventh round of their bout at the Holborn Stadium.[5]
In late December 1916, after being rejected on two previous occasions due to an old leg problem from a colliery accident and for being underweight, Wilde was accepted into the British Army and while never seeing active service, became an Physical Training Instructor at Aldershot.[6] [7]
In 1917, he retained the British title by beating George Clarke by a fourth round KO. He kept fighting and winning, and in 1919, he beat American bantamweight Joe Lynch who would later win the World bantamweight title.
Wilde travelled to the United States for a series of fights and on 6 December 1919, lost to "Little" Jackie Sharkey in a controversial ten-round newspaper decision. According to the Milwaukee Journal (before a crowd close to 8,000 at the Auditorium in Milwaukee Wisconsin)[8] Sharkey was considered to have won eight of the ten rounds according to the newspapermen at ringside. Sharkey's blows were said to land more frequently and with greater force. Sharkey's win was at least a minor upset as Wilde led in the early betting 2 to 1.[9] [10]
In 1920, Wilde went undefeated in 10 fights, but lost by a knockout in 17 rounds to former World Bantamweight Champion Pete Herman, who outweighed him by more than a stone (14 pounds), in 1921.[11] [12] 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.
American promoter Tex Rickard (who promoted the Philippine sensation Pancho Villa) lured Wilde out of retirement with a promise of a £15,000 payday which was, at that time, a fortune. On 18 June 1923 at the Polo Grounds in New York, Wilde was knocked out in the seventh round by his younger opponent. Villa became the Philippines' first ever world champion.[13] Wilde announced his retirement before returning to England, confirming his decision on 1 January 1924.[14] [15]
In 1927, at the age of 35, Wilde was reportedly considering making a comeback, but after consulting a specialist in head trauma, never returned to competitive boxing.[16] For a while he ran a successful Cinema and cafe in Cardiff.
Wilde published a ghost-written autobiography in 1938 entitled Fighting Was My Business.
In the early 1930s Wilde's son David had a short career in professional boxing without any great success.[17] He gave up boxing to run a hairdressers in north London.
In the 1930s Wilde lived in Hocroft Court, Cricklewood, from where almost all of his boxing trophies and medals were stolen in a 1936 burglary.[18] He became a boxing referee, including in 1936 refereeing every bout of a boxing tournament at the Hastings Pier Pavilion.[19] and he wrote an incisive weekly boxing column in the News of the World for nigh on two decades. In December 1936 he was injured after being thrown from his car when it collided with a van near Hampstead and suffered severe concussion.[20]
After the War Wilde lived in Cadoxton, Barry, South Wales. In 1960, Wilde suffered facial injuries after being mugged at a train station in Cardiff.[1] His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1967,[21] and two years later Wilde, who was suffering from Diabetes and Dementia died at Whitchurch Hospital. He was buried alongside his Wife in Barry Cemetery.
With the longest unbeaten streak in boxing history, he went 103 fights before his first loss. Wilde had a record of 139 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw and 5 no-contests, with an impressive 99 wins by knockout. Ring Magazine, named him both the 3rd greatest puncher of all time, and the greatest flyweight of all time, and rated him as the 13th greatest fighter of the 20th century.
In 1990, he was elected to the inaugural class of the International Boxing Hall of Fame and in 1992, the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
He was ranked as the top flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006.[22]
All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[23] unless otherwise stated.
All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes | |
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150 | Loss | 131–3–1 | Pancho Villa | KO | 7 (20) | Jun 18, 1923 | ||
149 | Loss | 131–2–1 | Pete Herman | TKO | 17 (20) | Jan 13, 1921 | ||
148 | Win | 131–1–1 | Patsy Wallace | PTS | 10 | May 24, 1920 | ||
147 | Win | 130–1–1 | Battling Al Murray | KO | 2 (8) | May 13, 1920 | ||
146 | Win | 129–1–1 | Bobby Dyson | KO | 1 (12) | May 1, 1920 | ||
145 | Win | 128–1–1 | Battling Al Murray | TKO | 8 (8) | Apr 21, 1920 | ||
144 | Win | 127–1–1 | Young Zulu Kid | NWS | 10 | Apr 12, 1920 | ||
143 | Win | 127–1–1 | Frankie Mason | NWS | 12 | Mar 12, 1920 | ||
142 | Win | 127–1–1 | Patsy Wallace | NWS | 6 | Mar 3, 1920 | ||
141 | Win | 127–1–1 | Mickey Russell | TKO | 7 (8) | Feb 19, 1920 | ||
140 | Win | 126–1–1 | Mike Ertie | KO | 3 (10) | Jan 29, 1920 | ||
139 | Win | 125–1–1 | Babe Asher | NWS | 8 | Jan 8, 1920 | ||
138 | Loss | 125–1–1 | Jackie Sharkey | NWS | 10 | Dec 6, 1919 | ||
137 | Win | 125–1–1 | Memphis Pal Moore | PTS | 20 | Jul 17, 1919 | ||
136 | Win | 124–1–1 | Alf Mansfield | TKO | 13 (15) | Apr 21, 1919 | ||
135 | Win | 123–1–1 | Jimmy Buck | KO | 3 (15) | Apr 21, 1919 | ||
134 | Win | 122–1–1 | Joe Lynch | PTS | 15 | Mar 31, 1919 | ||
133 | Win | 121–1–1 | Joe Conn | TKO | 12 (20) | Aug 31, 1918 | ||
132 | Win | 120–1–1 | Dick Heasman | RTD | 2 (20) | Apr 29, 1918 | ||
131 | Win | 119–1–1 | Corporal Jacobs | KO | 4 (6) | Mar 28, 1918 | ||
130 | Win | 118–1–1 | Jimmy Russell | TKO | 3 (15) | Mar 22, 1917 | ||
129 | Win | 117–1–1 | George Clark | TKO | 4 (20) | Mar 12, 1917 | ||
128 | Win | 116–1–1 | Young Zulu Kid | RTD | 11 (20) | Dec 18, 1916 | ||
127 | Win | 115–1–1 | Tommy Noble | TKO | 15 (20) | Nov 9, 1916 | ||
126 | Win | 114–1–1 | Johnny Hughes | KO | 10 (20) | Jul 31, 1916 | ||
125 | Win | 113–1–1 | Tancy Lee | KO | 11 (20) | Jun 26, 1916 | ||
124 | Win | 112–1–1 | Tommy Harrison | RTD | 8 (20) | May 29, 1916 | ||
123 | Win | 111–1–1 | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 3 (6) | May 13, 1916 | ||
122 | Win | 110–1–1 | Joe Magnus | KO | 2 (6) | May 13, 1916 | ||
121 | Win | 109–1–1 | Benny Thomas | PTS | 15 | Apr 29, 1916 | ||
120 | Win | 108–1–1 | Johnny Rosner | RTD | 11 (20) | Apr 24, 1916 | ||
119 | Win | 107–1–1 | Sid Smith | KO | 3 (20) | Mar 27, 1916 | ||
118 | Win | 106–1–1 | Sam Kellar | RTD | 8 (20) | Mar 9, 1916 | ||
117 | Win | 105–1–1 | Joe Symonds | RTD | 12 (20) | Feb 14, 1916 | ||
116 | Win | 104–1–1 | Jimmy Morton | KO | 2 (15) | Jan 27, 1916 | ||
115 | Win | 103–1–1 | Tommy Noble | RTD | 11 (20) | Jan 24, 1916 | ||
114 | Win | 102–1–1 | Billy Young Rowlands | TKO | 7 (20) | Jan 8, 1916 | ||
113 | Win | 101–1–1 | Sid Smith | TKO | 8 (15) | Dec 20, 1915 | ||
112 | Win | 100–1–1 | Danny Elliott | KO | 2 (15) | Dec 13, 1915 | ||
111 | Win | 99–1–1 | Johnny Best | TKO | 14 (15) | Dec 9, 1915 | ||
110 | Win | 98–1–1 | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 8 (15) | Nov 27, 1915 | ||
109 | Win | 97–1–1 | Peter Cullen | RTD | 9 (15) | Oct 20, 1915 | ||
108 | Win | 96–1–1 | Walter Buchan | RTD | 5 (15) | Sep 23, 1915 | ||
107 | Win | 95–1–1 | George Clark | RTD | 8 (15) | Aug 14, 1915 | ||
106 | Win | 94–1–1 | Driver Bethuen | RTD | 5 (10) | Jul 24, 1915 | ||
105 | Win | 93–1–1 | Sid Shields | KO | 2 (20) | Mar 25, 1915 | ||
104 | Loss | 92–1–1 | Tancy Lee | TKO | 17 (20) | Jan 25, 1915 | ||
103 | Win | 92–0–1 | Sid Smith | TKO | 9 (15) | Dec 3, 1914 | ||
102 | Win | 91–0–1 | Joe Symonds | PTS | 15 | Nov 16, 1914 | ||
101 | Win | 90–0–1 | Alf Mansfield | RTD | 9 (15) | Sep 28, 1914 | ||
100 | Win | 89–0–1 | Young Baker | PTS | 15 | Aug 20, 1914 | ||
99 | Win | 88–0–1 | Young Ted Walters | DQ | 6 (15) | Aug 10, 1914 | ||
98 | Win | 87–0–1 | Artie Edwards | PTS | 15 | Jul 23, 1914 | ||
97 | Win | 86–0–1 | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 (15) | Jul 23, 1914 | ||
96 | Win | 85–0–1 | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 (15) | Jul 18, 1914 | ||
95 | Win | 84–0–1 | Charlie Banyard | TKO | 9 (15) | Jun 22, 1914 | ||
94 | Win | 83–0–1 | Georges Gloria | TKO | 5 (15) | May 11, 1914 | ||
93 | Win | 82–0–1 | Alf Mansfield | PTS | 20 | Apr 27, 1914 | ||
92 | Win | 81–0–1 | Albert Bouzonnie | TKO | 6 (15) | Apr 16, 1914 | ||
91 | Win | 80–0–1 | Jack Madden | KO | 4 (15) | Apr 13, 1914 | ||
90 | Win | 79–0–1 | Eugene Husson | KO | 6 (20) | Mar 30, 1914 | ||
89 | Win | 78–0–1 | Bill Kyne | TKO | 4 (15) | Mar 26, 1914 | ||
88 | Win | 77–0–1 | George Jaggers | RTD | 5 (15) | Feb 16, 1914 | ||
87 | Win | 76–0–1 | Paddy Carroll | KO | 2 (15) | Feb 12, 1914 | ||
86 | Win | 75–0–1 | Tom Thomas | TKO | 7 (10) | Feb 9, 1914 | ||
85 | Win | 74–0–1 | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Feb 2, 1914 | ||
84 | Win | 73–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 3 (15) | Jan 29, 1914 | ||
83 | Win | 72–0–1 | Young Beynon | PTS | 15 | Jan 8, 1914 | ||
82 | Win | 71–0–1 | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Jan 3, 1914 | ||
81 | Win | 70–0–1 | Harry Brooks | RTD | 9 (15) | Dec 16, 1913 | ||
80 | Win | 69–0–1 | Billy Charles | RTD | 6 (20) | Dec 13, 1913 | ||
79 | Win | 68–0–1 | Young George Dando | DQ | 10 (15) | Dec 6, 1913 | ||
78 | Win | 67–0–1 | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Nov 22, 1913 | ||
77 | Win | 66–0–1 | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 2 (15) | Nov 21, 1913 | ||
76 | Win | 65–0–1 | Young Baker | RTD | 10 (15) | Nov 13, 1913 | ||
75 | Win | 64–0–1 | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 11 (15) | Nov 1, 1913 | ||
74 | Win | 63–0–1 | Young George Dando | PTS | 20 | Sep 22, 1913 | ||
73 | Win | 62–0–1 | Kid Levene | RTD | 7 (15) | Sep 18, 1913 | ||
72 | Win | 61–0–1 | Harry Curley | RTD | 12 (15) | Sep 11, 1913 | ||
71 | Win | 60–0–1 | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Sep 8, 1913 | ||
70 | Win | 59–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 10 | Sep 6, 1913 | ||
69 | Win | 58–0–1 | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 3 (15) | Aug 28, 1913 | ||
68 | Win | 57–0–1 | Darkey Saunders | PTS | 10 | Aug 4, 1913 | ||
67 | Win | 56–0–1 | Young George Dando | PTS | 15 | Jul 19, 1913 | ||
66 | Win | 55–0–1 | Tommy Lewis | PTS | 15 | Jul 12, 1913 | ||
65 | Win | 54–0–1 | Dick Lewis | RTD | 3 (15) | Jul 1, 1913 | ||
64 | Win | 53–0–1 | Gwilym Thomas | TKO | 5 (15) | Jun 21, 1913 | ||
63 | Win | 52–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | PTS | 12 | Jun 16, 1913 | ||
62 | Win | 51–0–1 | Dai Davies | PTS | 12 | May 24, 1913 | ||
61 | ND | 50–0–1 | Ivor Meredith | ND | 10 | May 5, 1913 | ||
60 | Win | 50–0–1 | Billy Yates | KO | 4 (12) | Apr 19, 1913 | ||
59 | Win | 49–0–1 | Will Rees | KO | 2 (12) | Apr 12, 1913 | ||
58 | Win | 48–0–1 | Harry Taylor | RTD | 3 (6) | Mar 24, 1913 | ||
57 | Win | 47–0–1 | Billy Young Rowlands | NWS | 6 | Mar 13, 1913 | ||
56 | Win | 47–0–1 | Dai Matthews | RTD | 4 (12) | Mar 8, 1913 | ||
55 | ND | 46–0–1 | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Mar 1, 1913 | ||
54 | Win | 46–0–1 | Ben Hardwick | NWS | 8 | Feb 22, 1913 | ||
53 | Win | 46–0–1 | James Kid Fitzpatrick | TKO | 3 (20) | Feb 15, 1913 | ||
52 | ND | 45–0–1 | Young Tony | ND | 10 | Feb 8, 1913 | ||
51 | ND | 45–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | ND | 10 | Feb 1, 1913 | ||
50 | Win | 45–0–1 | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 7 (15) | Jan 18, 1913 | ||
49 | Win | 44–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 18 (20) | Jan 1, 1913 | ||
48 | ND | 43–0–1 | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Dec 28, 1912 | ||
47 | Win | 43–0–1 | Billy Yates | RTD | 4 (15) | Dec 21, 1912 | ||
46 | Win | 42–0–1 | Stoker Staines | KO | 1 (15) | Dec 14, 1912 | ||
45 | Win | 41–0–1 | Alf Williams | PTS | 15 | Nov 30, 1912 | ||
44 | Win | 40–0–1 | Kid Pearson | RTD | 2 (6) | Nov 23, 1912 | ||
43 | Win | 39–0–1 | Jim Ransford | RTD | 2 (20) | Nov 16, 1912 | ||
42 | Win | 38–0–1 | Llewellyn Boswell | PTS | 6 | Nov 13, 1912 | ||
41 | Win | 37–0–1 | Phil Davies | RTD | 2 (6) | Nov 9, 1912 | ||
40 | Win | 36–0–1 | Walter Hall | TKO | 3 (6) | Sep 19, 1912 | ||
39 | Win | 35–0–1 | Jim Stuckey | TKO | 8 (8) | Aug 17, 1912 | ||
38 | ND | 34–0–1 | Mike Flynn | ND | 8 | Aug 10, 1912 | ||
37 | Win | 34–0–1 | Joe Gans | TKO | 7 (8) | Aug 3, 1912 | ||
36 | Win | 33–0–1 | Kid Morris | RTD | 5 (20) | Jul 20, 1912 | ||
35 | ND | 32–0–1 | Lewis Williams | ND | 6 | Jun 20, 1912 | ||
34 | 32–0–1 | Joe Wilson | ND | 3 | Jun 3, 1912 | |||
33 | Win | 32–0–1 | Roland Hall | KO | 4 (?) | Apr 4, 1912 | ||
32 | Win | 31–0–1 | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Mar 9, 1912 | ||
31 | Win | 30–0–1 | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Feb 15, 1912 | ||
30 | Win | 29–0–1 | Young Baker | PTS | 6 | Feb 1, 1912 | ||
29 | Win | 28–0–1 | Matt Wells' Nipper | TKO | 1 (10) | Jan 20, 1912 | ||
28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Ted Roberts | KO | 4 (?) | Dec 20, 1911 | ||
27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Young Towell | KO | 3 (?) | Dec 12, 1911 | ||
26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Jim Young Rice | KO | 4 (?) | Nov 20, 1911 | ||
25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Young Towell | KO | 4 (?) | Nov 11, 1911 | ||
24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Young Sam Langford | KO | 2 (?) | Oct 30, 1911 | ||
23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Young Powell | KO | 3 (?) | Oct 20, 1911 | ||
22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Joe Rogers | KO | 5 (?) | Oct 10, 1911 | ||
21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Ted Powell | KO | 3 (?) | Sep 20, 1911 | ||
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Frank Avent | KO | 4 (?) | Sep 9, 1911 | ||
19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Sam Jennings | TKO | 11 (15) | Aug 26, 1911 | ||
18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Fred Chappell | PTS | 6 | Aug 8, 1911 | ||
17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Steve Thomas | KO | 3 (?) | Jul 7, 1911 | ||
16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Kid Morris | PTS | 6 | Jun 20, 1911 | ||
15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Billy Brown | KO | 4 (?) | Jun 3, 1911 | ||
14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Ted Roberts | KO | 2 (?) | May 25, 1911 | ||
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Archie Grant | KO | 3 (?) | May 15, 1911 | ||
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | James Easton | PTS | 10 | May 8, 1911 | ||
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Dai Roberts | KO | 3 (?) | May 5, 1911 | ||
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Billy Papke | KO | 2 (?) | Apr 20, 1911 | ||
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Eddie Thomas | KO | 2 (?) | Apr 10, 1911 | ||
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Archie Grant | KO | 3 (?) | Apr 4, 1911 | ||
7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Dai Thomas | TKO | 3 (?) | Mar 20, 1911 | ||
6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Lewis Williams | RTD | 4 (6) | Mar 13, 1911 | ||
5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Mar 9, 1911 | ||
4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Young Williams | PTS | 6 | Feb 23, 1911 | ||
3 | Draw | 2–0–1 | Dai Jones | PTS | 6 | Jan 20, 1911 | ||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Jan 10, 1911 | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Ted Roberts | KO | 3 (6) | Jan 1, 1911 | ||
Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes | |
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150 | Loss | 137–4–1 | Pancho Villa | KO | 7 (20) | Jun 18, 1923 | ||
149 | Loss | 137–3–1 | Pete Herman | TKO | 17 (20) | Jan 13, 1921 | ||
148 | Win | 137–2–1 | Patsy Wallace | PTS | 10 | May 24, 1920 | ||
147 | Win | 136–2–1 | Battling Al Murray | KO | 2 (8) | May 13, 1920 | ||
146 | Win | 135–2–1 | Bobby Dyson | KO | 1 (12) | May 1, 1920 | ||
145 | Win | 134–2–1 | Battling Al Murray | TKO | 8 (8) | Apr 21, 1920 | ||
144 | Win | 133–2–1 | Young Zulu Kid | NWS | 10 | Apr 12, 1920 | ||
143 | Win | 132–2–1 | Frankie Mason | NWS | 12 | Mar 12, 1920 | ||
142 | Win | 131–2–1 | Patsy Wallace | NWS | 6 | Mar 3, 1920 | ||
141 | Win | 130–2–1 | Mickey Russell | TKO | 7 (8) | Feb 19, 1920 | ||
140 | Win | 129–2–1 | Mike Ertie | KO | 3 (10) | Jan 29, 1920 | ||
139 | Win | 128–2–1 | Babe Asher | NWS | 8 | Jan 8, 1920 | ||
138 | Loss | 127–2–1 | Jackie Sharkey | NWS | 10 | Dec 6, 1919 | ||
137 | Win | 127–1–1 | Memphis Pal Moore | PTS | 20 | Jul 17, 1919 | ||
136 | Win | 126–1–1 | Alf Mansfield | TKO | 13 (15) | Apr 21, 1919 | ||
135 | Win | 125–1–1 | Jimmy Buck | KO | 3 (15) | Apr 21, 1919 | ||
134 | Win | 124–1–1 | Joe Lynch | PTS | 15 | Mar 31, 1919 | ||
133 | Win | 123–1–1 | Joe Conn | TKO | 12 (20) | Aug 31, 1918 | ||
132 | Win | 122–1–1 | Dick Heasman | RTD | 2 (20) | Apr 29, 1918 | ||
131 | Win | 121–1–1 | Corporal Jacobs | KO | 4 (6) | Mar 28, 1918 | ||
130 | Win | 120–1–1 | Jimmy Russell | TKO | 3 (15) | Mar 22, 1917 | ||
129 | Win | 119–1–1 | George Clark | TKO | 4 (20) | Mar 12, 1917 | ||
128 | Win | 118–1–1 | Young Zulu Kid | RTD | 11 (20) | Dec 18, 1916 | ||
127 | Win | 117–1–1 | Tommy Noble | TKO | 15 (20) | Nov 9, 1916 | ||
126 | Win | 116–1–1 | Johnny Hughes | KO | 10 (20) | Jul 31, 1916 | ||
125 | Win | 115–1–1 | Tancy Lee | KO | 11 (20) | Jun 26, 1916 | ||
124 | Win | 114–1–1 | Tommy Harrison | RTD | 8 (20) | May 29, 1916 | ||
123 | Win | 113–1–1 | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 3 (6) | May 13, 1916 | ||
122 | Win | 112–1–1 | Joe Magnus | KO | 2 (6) | May 13, 1916 | ||
121 | Win | 111–1–1 | Benny Thomas | PTS | 15 | Apr 29, 1916 | ||
120 | Win | 110–1–1 | Johnny Rosner | RTD | 11 (20) | Apr 24, 1916 | ||
119 | Win | 109–1–1 | Sid Smith | KO | 3 (20) | Mar 27, 1916 | ||
118 | Win | 108–1–1 | Sam Kellar | RTD | 8 (20) | Mar 9, 1916 | ||
117 | Win | 107–1–1 | Joe Symonds | RTD | 12 (20) | Feb 14, 1916 | ||
116 | Win | 106–1–1 | Jimmy Morton | KO | 2 (15) | Jan 27, 1916 | ||
115 | Win | 105–1–1 | Tommy Noble | RTD | 11 (20) | Jan 24, 1916 | ||
114 | Win | 104–1–1 | Billy Young Rowlands | TKO | 7 (20) | Jan 8, 1916 | ||
113 | Win | 103–1–1 | Sid Smith | TKO | 8 (15) | Dec 20, 1915 | ||
112 | Win | 102–1–1 | Danny Elliott | KO | 2 (15) | Dec 13, 1915 | ||
111 | Win | 101–1–1 | Johnny Best | TKO | 14 (15) | Dec 9, 1915 | ||
110 | Win | 100–1–1 | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 8 (15) | Nov 27, 1915 | ||
109 | Win | 99–1–1 | Peter Cullen | RTD | 9 (15) | Oct 20, 1915 | ||
108 | Win | 98–1–1 | Walter Buchan | RTD | 5 (15) | Sep 23, 1915 | ||
107 | Win | 97–1–1 | George Clark | RTD | 8 (15) | Aug 14, 1915 | ||
106 | Win | 96–1–1 | Driver Bethuen | RTD | 5 (10) | Jul 24, 1915 | ||
105 | Win | 95–1–1 | Sid Shields | KO | 2 (20) | Mar 25, 1915 | ||
104 | Loss | 94–1–1 | Tancy Lee | TKO | 17 (20) | Jan 25, 1915 | ||
103 | Win | 94–0–1 | Sid Smith | TKO | 9 (15) | Dec 3, 1914 | ||
102 | Win | 93–0–1 | Joe Symonds | PTS | 15 | Nov 16, 1914 | ||
101 | Win | 92–0–1 | Alf Mansfield | RTD | 9 (15) | Sep 28, 1914 | ||
100 | Win | 91–0–1 | Young Baker | PTS | 15 | Aug 20, 1914 | ||
99 | Win | 90–0–1 | Young Ted Walters | DQ | 6 (15) | Aug 10, 1914 | ||
98 | Win | 89–0–1 | Artie Edwards | PTS | 15 | Jul 23, 1914 | ||
97 | Win | 88–0–1 | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 (15) | Jul 23, 1914 | ||
96 | Win | 87–0–1 | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 (15) | Jul 18, 1914 | ||
95 | Win | 86–0–1 | Charlie Banyard | TKO | 9 (15) | Jun 22, 1914 | ||
94 | Win | 85–0–1 | Georges Gloria | TKO | 5 (15) | May 11, 1914 | ||
93 | Win | 84–0–1 | Alf Mansfield | PTS | 20 | Apr 27, 1914 | ||
92 | Win | 83–0–1 | Albert Bouzonnie | TKO | 6 (15) | Apr 16, 1914 | ||
91 | Win | 82–0–1 | Jack Madden | KO | 4 (15) | Apr 13, 1914 | ||
90 | Win | 81–0–1 | Eugene Husson | KO | 6 (20) | Mar 30, 1914 | ||
89 | Win | 80–0–1 | Bill Kyne | TKO | 4 (15) | Mar 26, 1914 | ||
88 | Win | 79–0–1 | George Jaggers | RTD | 5 (15) | Feb 16, 1914 | ||
87 | Win | 78–0–1 | Paddy Carroll | KO | 2 (15) | Feb 12, 1914 | ||
86 | Win | 77–0–1 | Tom Thomas | TKO | 7 (10) | Feb 9, 1914 | ||
85 | Win | 76–0–1 | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Feb 2, 1914 | ||
84 | Win | 75–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 3 (15) | Jan 29, 1914 | ||
83 | Win | 74–0–1 | Young Beynon | PTS | 15 | Jan 8, 1914 | ||
82 | Win | 73–0–1 | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Jan 3, 1914 | ||
81 | Win | 72–0–1 | Harry Brooks | RTD | 9 (15) | Dec 16, 1913 | ||
80 | Win | 71–0–1 | Billy Charles | RTD | 6 (20) | Dec 13, 1913 | ||
79 | Win | 70–0–1 | Young George Dando | DQ | 10 (15) | Dec 6, 1913 | ||
78 | Win | 69–0–1 | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Nov 22, 1913 | ||
77 | Win | 68–0–1 | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 2 (15) | Nov 21, 1913 | ||
76 | Win | 67–0–1 | Young Baker | RTD | 10 (15) | Nov 13, 1913 | ||
75 | Win | 66–0–1 | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 11 (15) | Nov 1, 1913 | ||
74 | Win | 65–0–1 | Young George Dando | PTS | 20 | Sep 22, 1913 | ||
73 | Win | 64–0–1 | Kid Levene | RTD | 7 (15) | Sep 18, 1913 | ||
72 | Win | 63–0–1 | Harry Curley | RTD | 12 (15) | Sep 11, 1913 | ||
71 | Win | 62–0–1 | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Sep 8, 1913 | ||
70 | Win | 61–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 10 | Sep 6, 1913 | ||
69 | Win | 60–0–1 | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 3 (15) | Aug 28, 1913 | ||
68 | Win | 59–0–1 | Darkey Saunders | PTS | 10 | Aug 4, 1913 | ||
67 | Win | 58–0–1 | Young George Dando | PTS | 15 | Jul 19, 1913 | ||
66 | Win | 57–0–1 | Tommy Lewis | PTS | 15 | Jul 12, 1913 | ||
65 | Win | 56–0–1 | Dick Lewis | RTD | 3 (15) | Jul 1, 1913 | ||
64 | Win | 55–0–1 | Gwilym Thomas | TKO | 5 (15) | Jun 21, 1913 | ||
63 | Win | 54–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | PTS | 12 | Jun 16, 1913 | ||
62 | Win | 53–0–1 | Dai Davies | PTS | 12 | May 24, 1913 | ||
61 | ND | 52–0–1 | Ivor Meredith | ND | 10 | May 5, 1913 | ||
60 | Win | 52–0–1 | Billy Yates | KO | 4 (12) | Apr 19, 1913 | ||
59 | Win | 51–0–1 | Will Rees | KO | 2 (12) | Apr 12, 1913 | ||
58 | Win | 50–0–1 | Harry Taylor | RTD | 3 (6) | Mar 24, 1913 | ||
57 | Win | 49–0–1 | Billy Young Rowlands | NWS | 6 | Mar 13, 1913 | ||
56 | Win | 48–0–1 | Dai Matthews | RTD | 4 (12) | Mar 8, 1913 | ||
55 | ND | 47–0–1 | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Mar 1, 1913 | ||
54 | Win | 47–0–1 | Ben Hardwick | NWS | 8 | Feb 22, 1913 | ||
53 | Win | 46–0–1 | James Kid Fitzpatrick | TKO | 3 (20) | Feb 15, 1913 | ||
52 | ND | 45–0–1 | Young Tony | ND | 10 | Feb 8, 1913 | ||
51 | ND | 45–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | ND | 10 | Feb 1, 1913 | ||
50 | Win | 45–0–1 | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 7 (15) | Jan 18, 1913 | ||
49 | Win | 44–0–1 | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 18 (20) | Jan 1, 1913 | ||
48 | ND | 43–0–1 | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Dec 28, 1912 | ||
47 | Win | 43–0–1 | Billy Yates | RTD | 4 (15) | Dec 21, 1912 | ||
46 | Win | 42–0–1 | Stoker Staines | KO | 1 (15) | Dec 14, 1912 | ||
45 | Win | 41–0–1 | Alf Williams | PTS | 15 | Nov 30, 1912 | ||
44 | Win | 40–0–1 | Kid Pearson | RTD | 2 (6) | Nov 23, 1912 | ||
43 | Win | 39–0–1 | Jim Ransford | RTD | 2 (20) | Nov 16, 1912 | ||
42 | Win | 38–0–1 | Llewellyn Boswell | PTS | 6 | Nov 13, 1912 | ||
41 | Win | 37–0–1 | Phil Davies | RTD | 2 (6) | Nov 9, 1912 | ||
40 | Win | 36–0–1 | Walter Hall | TKO | 3 (6) | Sep 19, 1912 | ||
39 | Win | 35–0–1 | Jim Stuckey | TKO | 8 (8) | Aug 17, 1912 | ||
38 | ND | 34–0–1 | Mike Flynn | ND | 8 | Aug 10, 1912 | ||
37 | Win | 34–0–1 | Joe Gans | TKO | 7 (8) | Aug 3, 1912 | ||
36 | Win | 33–0–1 | Kid Morris | RTD | 5 (20) | Jul 20, 1912 | ||
35 | ND | 32–0–1 | Lewis Williams | ND | 6 | Jun 20, 1912 | ||
34 | 32–0–1 | Joe Wilson | ND | 3 | Jun 3, 1912 | |||
33 | Win | 32–0–1 | Roland Hall | KO | 4 (?) | Apr 4, 1912 | ||
32 | Win | 31–0–1 | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Mar 9, 1912 | ||
31 | Win | 30–0–1 | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Feb 15, 1912 | ||
30 | Win | 29–0–1 | Young Baker | PTS | 6 | Feb 1, 1912 | ||
29 | Win | 28–0–1 | Matt Wells' Nipper | TKO | 1 (10) | Jan 20, 1912 | ||
28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Ted Roberts | KO | 4 (?) | Dec 20, 1911 | ||
27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Young Towell | KO | 3 (?) | Dec 12, 1911 | ||
26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Jim Young Rice | KO | 4 (?) | Nov 20, 1911 | ||
25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Young Towell | KO | 4 (?) | Nov 11, 1911 | ||
24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Young Sam Langford | KO | 2 (?) | Oct 30, 1911 | ||
23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Young Powell | KO | 3 (?) | Oct 20, 1911 | ||
22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Joe Rogers | KO | 5 (?) | Oct 10, 1911 | ||
21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Ted Powell | KO | 3 (?) | Sep 20, 1911 | ||
20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Frank Avent | KO | 4 (?) | Sep 9, 1911 | ||
19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Sam Jennings | TKO | 11 (15) | Aug 26, 1911 | ||
18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Fred Chappell | PTS | 6 | Aug 8, 1911 | ||
17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Steve Thomas | KO | 3 (?) | Jul 7, 1911 | ||
16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Kid Morris | PTS | 6 | Jun 20, 1911 | ||
15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Billy Brown | KO | 4 (?) | Jun 3, 1911 | ||
14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Ted Roberts | KO | 2 (?) | May 25, 1911 | ||
13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Archie Grant | KO | 3 (?) | May 15, 1911 | ||
12 | Win | 11–0–1 | James Easton | PTS | 10 | May 8, 1911 | ||
11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Dai Roberts | KO | 3 (?) | May 5, 1911 | ||
10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Billy Papke | KO | 2 (?) | Apr 20, 1911 | ||
9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Eddie Thomas | KO | 2 (?) | Apr 10, 1911 | ||
8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Archie Grant | KO | 3 (?) | Apr 4, 1911 | ||
7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Dai Thomas | TKO | 3 (?) | Mar 20, 1911 | ||
6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Lewis Williams | RTD | 4 (6) | Mar 13, 1911 | ||
5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Mar 9, 1911 | ||
4 | Win | 3–0–1 | Young Williams | PTS | 6 | Feb 23, 1911 | ||
3 | Draw | 2–0–1 | Dai Jones | PTS | 6 | Jan 20, 1911 | ||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Jan 10, 1911 | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Ted Roberts | KO | 3 (6) | Jan 1, 1911 | ||
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