Jimmy Wilde (15 May
1892 – 10 March 1969) was a British professional 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 for such a small man, Wilde could knock out opponents that were
over a stone heavier than him. 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 and 0.
Jimmy Wilde's birth
certificate shows he was born in the Taff Bargoed Valley community of Pentwyn
Deintyr) (now known as the Graig), Quakers Yard, Treharris, in the county
borough of Merthyr Tydfil but his parents later moved to the village of
Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley when Wilde was twelve 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 Aldershotas a PT instructor.
Attributes: Agility
d10, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength d10,Vigor d12
Skills: Fighting
d12, Knowledge (Boxing) d6, Notice d8, Shooting d6,Stealth d6, Streetwise d4,
Throwing d6
Charisma: 0; Pace:
6; Parry: 9; Sanity: 6; Toughness: 8
Edges: Berserk,
Block, Brawler, Brawny, Counter attack, Elan, First strike, Level headed,
Martial artist, Improved Martial artist
Gear: Uniform, copy
of Boxing News
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