Jimmy Wilde
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| Real name | William James Wilde |
| Nickname(s) | The Mighty Atom The Tylorstown Terror Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand |
| Rated at | Flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Reach | 66 in (168 cm) |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
15 May 1892 Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Died | 10 March 1969 (aged 76) Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 141 |
| Wins | 132 |
| Wins by KO | 99 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 5 |
William James "Jimmy" Wilde (15 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a British professional Flyweight boxer and world boxing champion from Wales, 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 near superhuman 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 he boxed 70 rounds, won 7 and lost 1, with 143 being declared as 'no decisions'. Wilde had the longest recorded unbeaten streak in boxing history having gone 93-0.
Jimmy Wilde's birth certificate claims 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 12 years old. Wilde was the son of a coal miner and worked in the coal pits himself. Wilde was small enough to crawl through gullies impassable to most of his colleagues. Wilde 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 which were local toughmen weighing around 200 lbs. In 1910, Wilde married his wife Elizabeth and was a father the same year. He left Tylorstown Colliery in 1913. In 1916, Wilde joined the British Army and was sent to Aldershot as a PT instructor.
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