he would fuck up everyone now people say oldern boxers didnt have the technique i think if they were here now they could of just learnt it or i reckon there technique was better the would actually fight boxers today dont start fighting till around the 5th round and thats just a flop and as soon as they start fighting the ref stops it
just a few, he beat all the best bantamweights and top British featherweight Joe Conn. Conn, who a class 126-pounder, he was ranked the 3rd hardest puncher by rindside magazine, winning 99 fights by KO. He was only 5ft 2 inch, but very few boxers stood taller than him, if any.
Jimmy Wilde Record as a fighter was outstanding, he won his title when just 98Ib He beat every flyweight & bantamweight of note:Tancy Lee (Flyweight champion),Johnny Hughes (ex bantamweight champ), Young Jennings (ex Flyweight champion),Joe Symonds (ex bantamweight champion),Tommy Noble (ex bantamweight champion and well known in America)Sid Smith (ex Flyweight champion), along with men such as Bouzini, Cullen, & Mansfield and he beat the tough black American flyweight Young Zulu Kid to name
looked good against the great Pancho Villa in the opening rounds, A punch to the nap of the neck after the bell in round two was the turning point. The great trainer Ray Arcel, watching from ringside, had been impressed with J Wilds early form and felt that his corner men should have cried foul after Villa's blow.Arcel believed that a disqualification may have resulted or at least Wilde would have been given more time to recover, but that was not Jimmy's way.
self. Jimmy fought for 17 rounds before being knocked out of the ring, it was said Jimmy suffererd severe concussion after cracking his head on the ringside floor, something he may never have never fully recoverd from, but after going into retirement, he then was offered a huge purse £13,000 to fight Pancho Villa, that was massive amount of money in those days. Jimmy had been out of the ring for 2 years 4 months and at 31 with so many fights on the clock was past his peak, yet he still looked
J Wilde returning to Britain in 1920 he virtually retired from the ring as a conquering hero, but came out to fight Pete Herman, one of the great bantamweights of all time, who was said to have outweighed Jimmy Wilde by 19 pounds (as much as a featherweight 126 Ib). Jimmy was adviced not to take the fight, but the Prince of Wales was said to have persuaded Jimmy to fight, but Jimmy being Jimmy will have tuck little persuading as all his life he had been taking on men much bigger than him
1919 J Wilde went on an American tour and he went undefeated in 12 fights that included two sensational wins over the very highly regarded American bantamweights, Joe Lynch & Pal Moore.He knocked out the tough black American flyweight Young Zulu Kid in 11 rounds to cement his claim as champion in 1916. He beat all the best bantamweights as well as top British featherweight Joe Conn. Conn, who a class 126-pounder, was floored 6 times in round 10 and knocked out in the 12th
Jimmy was fighting & beating top bantam and feather weights, but his best fighting weight in at 102 Ib and never weighed more than 108Ib as a professional fighter, as young as 16 he was fighting and beating men nearly twice his size in boxing booths, total number of fight including his professional fights was said to be in-excess of 850. Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney who said simply, “Jimmy was the greatest fighter I ever saw.
the Famous former editor of ‘The Ring’ Magazine and someone who had seen every boxer of any note from 1900s America up to his death in 1972 Nat Fleischer said of Wilde: ‘he was the greatest flyweight ever.’ To earn such an accolade from perhaps the most respected American boxing pundit of all time attests to Wilde’s undoubted greatness
@kelletman an ink of wilde sits on my left and an ink of ketchel sits on my right, i only aspire to their greatness (I should've given wilde my right, cos he's my favorite, at least over ketchel, but... ketchel had a right from hell, wilde wasjust gooder'n a motherfucker...). Well, where are the ends of these interviews, are these the only snippets o f film? Why? we have hollywood from this era...
@RapedByRepublicans You asked if I new of any old footage of Jimmy Wilde, if you go to BRITISH PATHE web-site you can find footage of him and many great boxers from the past, just type Jimmy Wilde and you will find old clips of him on there, Jimmy Wilde Leaves For America (1919) & The Noble Art Of Self Defence(1935) and a few more clips of him.can be found there, but it is not all about British boxers you have many clips of American boxers on there (1890 to 1999), plus army fights
@connymat Fitz was the first ever 3 weight division champ, he won the middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight championship, he was also one of the hardest punchers in boxing history.
@MrBumboclart Very true, And i think that he is the second best fighter coming from the UK. But i understand youre arguments.. I just dont think that he had any good apponents at the time he fought. Maybe at heavyweight, but he lost them exept Corbett.
Great video... much of the footage was originally shown as a HTV documentary called 'Talking Stones' looking at the graves of famous Welshmen, but it has been edited to great effect. Jimmy Wilde is one of THE greatest boxers of all time without doubt and in the words of the great fairground booth-master Jack Scarrott, "He was a marvel and a mystery, and I don't think we shall ever see his likes again!".
Great video... much of the footage was originally shown as a HTV documentary called 'Talking Stones' looking at the graves of famous Welshmen, but it has been edited to great effect. Jimmy Wilde is on of THE greatest boxers of all time without doubt and in the words of the great fairground booth-master Jack Scarrott, "He was a marvel and a mystery, and I don't think we shall ever see his likes again!".
I can't help it, I just love the way the old guys used to fight anywhere, anytime, against anyone at any weight. Ted Kid Lewis fighting the World Light Heavyweight champ, Kid Lewis and Jack Britton battling 25 times, Langford and Wills, or Langford and Jeanette, Harry Greb and Gene Tunney (when Tunney was much bigger), all that stuff, I just can't get enough of it, I would cut off a couple of toes to have Big Fight Inc's collection of all these classic films we've never seen... Fuck you Jacobs!
We should remember, too, that professional boxing during much of Wilde's career was far more brutal than it is today. The neutral corner rule, for example, came into play during the 1920s, when Jimmy had past his prime. Before then, if you decked your opponent, you could pretty much stand over him and knock him down again as he tried to rise. It's clear from this video that Wilde took advantage of that:) --
I WONDER WHY YOU TUBE REMOVED THE VIDEO ON THE FIGHT BETWEEN JIMMY WILDE & PANCHO VILLA IN WHICH VILLA KNOCKED OUT WILDE. WHOEVER REMOVED THE VIDEO IS SO PATHETIC. YOU CANNOT HIDE THE TRUTH THAT IT WAS A SMALL BUT TUFF FILIPINO THAT KNOCKED OUT WILDE.
@xpressivist Yes because this ''someone'' has removed a video of Wilde vs. Villa. No one will ever know what happened and Villa will never get recognised for all his accomplishments. Seriously grow up and show some respect to one of the greatest p4p Boxers of all time. And I found it interesting how you neglected to mention that Wilde had been retired for two years before he came back and fought Villa. No one will take away what Villa did in his career, show some respect to Wilde.
@xpressivist By this time Wilde was retired and pretty much finished. It is also arguable that Villa hit Wilde after the bell in one of the early rounds and he never recovered. Everyone knows Villa beat Wilde in Wildes last fight and everyone knows Wilde is still one of the greatest boxers that ever stepped into the ring.
It seems that Wilde THREW his small, muscular body at his opponents. That helps to explain his power. And despite the lightly-padded boxing gloves during Wilde's career, I've not read that Jimmy ever injured his hands. Never suffering such injuries (common among boxers lighter than heavyweights and especially so among those below middleweights) would suggest that despite his diminutive size, Wilde's bones were thick and strong, hence another factor behind his KO punch --
@stevevandien Also note the tremendous hip rotation behind Wilde's punches, especially between 2:31 and 2:42. Other relatively small martial artists (perhaps most notably Bruce Lee and Sam Langford) have noted how using the hips properly can lift one's hitting power into (and perhaps beyond) the twilight zone:) --
@stevevandien As you have touched on it is a very similar technique taught in Karate etc where small people can generate huge amounts of power if performed correctly.
@dan32113 - In my opinion, he is possible P4P hardest puncher of all time. I mean, he is a flyweight who has the power to knock out a lightweight with one powerful punch! But there are very very few footage of his fights. Unfortunately, when I look at lists of greatest British boxers, I find it surprising to see his name unmentioned all the time? Sad though.
@expressivechild And not just lightweights! Wilde came up as a booth fighter, taking on all comers and often flattening men who outweighed him by 50 pounds or more.
In 1975, The Ring magazine called Wilde the greatest flyweight of all time. If anybody has since surpassed him according to The Ring, I haven't heard about it. Clearly there have been great flyweights since, like Eder Jofre and Miguel Canto. But I rather doubt that anybody has superceded Wilde:) --
@expressivechild I mentioned this on another vid already, but when the Ring did their GOAT lists for the various divisions, Wilde is the only fighter who was on top on their 1975 list and still remained the top fighter on their 90's list... to give an example of another Jimmy Wilde feat, Pete Herman was listed as the 1st or 2nd best Bantam ever on the Ring's 1975 list..., and Jimmy prolly woulda beat him if they'd fought a year or so earlier. Anyway, I know I know I'm on Wilde's nuts big time!!
Thank you sir/mam
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kelletman 1 month ago
music?
davethemouse1 1 month ago
he would fuck up everyone now people say oldern boxers didnt have the technique i think if they were here now they could of just learnt it or i reckon there technique was better the would actually fight boxers today dont start fighting till around the 5th round and thats just a flop and as soon as they start fighting the ref stops it
TheGREATEST95 1 month ago
just a few, he beat all the best bantamweights and top British featherweight Joe Conn. Conn, who a class 126-pounder, he was ranked the 3rd hardest puncher by rindside magazine, winning 99 fights by KO. He was only 5ft 2 inch, but very few boxers stood taller than him, if any.
kelletman 2 months ago
Jimmy Wilde Record as a fighter was outstanding, he won his title when just 98Ib He beat every flyweight & bantamweight of note:Tancy Lee (Flyweight champion),Johnny Hughes (ex bantamweight champ), Young Jennings (ex Flyweight champion),Joe Symonds (ex bantamweight champion),Tommy Noble (ex bantamweight champion and well known in America)Sid Smith (ex Flyweight champion), along with men such as Bouzini, Cullen, & Mansfield and he beat the tough black American flyweight Young Zulu Kid to name
kelletman 2 months ago
looked good against the great Pancho Villa in the opening rounds, A punch to the nap of the neck after the bell in round two was the turning point. The great trainer Ray Arcel, watching from ringside, had been impressed with J Wilds early form and felt that his corner men should have cried foul after Villa's blow.Arcel believed that a disqualification may have resulted or at least Wilde would have been given more time to recover, but that was not Jimmy's way.
kelletman 2 months ago
self. Jimmy fought for 17 rounds before being knocked out of the ring, it was said Jimmy suffererd severe concussion after cracking his head on the ringside floor, something he may never have never fully recoverd from, but after going into retirement, he then was offered a huge purse £13,000 to fight Pancho Villa, that was massive amount of money in those days. Jimmy had been out of the ring for 2 years 4 months and at 31 with so many fights on the clock was past his peak, yet he still looked
kelletman 2 months ago
J Wilde returning to Britain in 1920 he virtually retired from the ring as a conquering hero, but came out to fight Pete Herman, one of the great bantamweights of all time, who was said to have outweighed Jimmy Wilde by 19 pounds (as much as a featherweight 126 Ib). Jimmy was adviced not to take the fight, but the Prince of Wales was said to have persuaded Jimmy to fight, but Jimmy being Jimmy will have tuck little persuading as all his life he had been taking on men much bigger than him
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1919 J Wilde went on an American tour and he went undefeated in 12 fights that included two sensational wins over the very highly regarded American bantamweights, Joe Lynch & Pal Moore.He knocked out the tough black American flyweight Young Zulu Kid in 11 rounds to cement his claim as champion in 1916. He beat all the best bantamweights as well as top British featherweight Joe Conn. Conn, who a class 126-pounder, was floored 6 times in round 10 and knocked out in the 12th
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Jimmy was fighting & beating top bantam and feather weights, but his best fighting weight in at 102 Ib and never weighed more than 108Ib as a professional fighter, as young as 16 he was fighting and beating men nearly twice his size in boxing booths, total number of fight including his professional fights was said to be in-excess of 850. Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney who said simply, “Jimmy was the greatest fighter I ever saw.
kelletman 2 months ago
the Famous former editor of ‘The Ring’ Magazine and someone who had seen every boxer of any note from 1900s America up to his death in 1972 Nat Fleischer said of Wilde: ‘he was the greatest flyweight ever.’ To earn such an accolade from perhaps the most respected American boxing pundit of all time attests to Wilde’s undoubted greatness
kelletman 2 months ago
@kelletman an ink of wilde sits on my left and an ink of ketchel sits on my right, i only aspire to their greatness (I should've given wilde my right, cos he's my favorite, at least over ketchel, but... ketchel had a right from hell, wilde wasjust gooder'n a motherfucker...). Well, where are the ends of these interviews, are these the only snippets o f film? Why? we have hollywood from this era...
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@RapedByRepublicans You asked if I new of any old footage of Jimmy Wilde, if you go to BRITISH PATHE web-site you can find footage of him and many great boxers from the past, just type Jimmy Wilde and you will find old clips of him on there, Jimmy Wilde Leaves For America (1919) & The Noble Art Of Self Defence(1935) and a few more clips of him.can be found there, but it is not all about British boxers you have many clips of American boxers on there (1890 to 1999), plus army fights
kelletman 1 month ago
A TRULY great fighter one of the alltime greats
pikemancolley 2 months ago
Great fighter and great footage. But the greatest British fighter of all times was Bob Fitzsimmons.
MrBumboclart 4 months ago
@MrBumboclart I dont agree with you, i thinj Jimmy did remarkeble things.. But Bob was a good fighter and dont get the full attention he should have.
connymat 3 months ago
@connymat Fitz was the first ever 3 weight division champ, he won the middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight championship, he was also one of the hardest punchers in boxing history.
MrBumboclart 3 months ago
@MrBumboclart Very true, And i think that he is the second best fighter coming from the UK. But i understand youre arguments.. I just dont think that he had any good apponents at the time he fought. Maybe at heavyweight, but he lost them exept Corbett.
connymat 3 months ago
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Great video... much of the footage was originally shown as a HTV documentary called 'Talking Stones' looking at the graves of famous Welshmen, but it has been edited to great effect. Jimmy Wilde is one of THE greatest boxers of all time without doubt and in the words of the great fairground booth-master Jack Scarrott, "He was a marvel and a mystery, and I don't think we shall ever see his likes again!".
TheDavOwens 4 months ago
Great video... much of the footage was originally shown as a HTV documentary called 'Talking Stones' looking at the graves of famous Welshmen, but it has been edited to great effect. Jimmy Wilde is on of THE greatest boxers of all time without doubt and in the words of the great fairground booth-master Jack Scarrott, "He was a marvel and a mystery, and I don't think we shall ever see his likes again!".
TheDavOwens 4 months ago
i dont know where you found this footage, but i must say it is absolutely phenomenal
many thanks to you, sir
cazz3000 5 months ago
1:27 sums wilde up, joes comingforward throwin punches an wilde just pops him onthe end of his nose with a jab, brilliant
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I can't help it, I just love the way the old guys used to fight anywhere, anytime, against anyone at any weight. Ted Kid Lewis fighting the World Light Heavyweight champ, Kid Lewis and Jack Britton battling 25 times, Langford and Wills, or Langford and Jeanette, Harry Greb and Gene Tunney (when Tunney was much bigger), all that stuff, I just can't get enough of it, I would cut off a couple of toes to have Big Fight Inc's collection of all these classic films we've never seen... Fuck you Jacobs!
RapedByRepublicans 6 months ago
Jimmy Wilde had a club in my home town of Swansea. My dad used to drink there as a youngster!
hawkman350 8 months ago
We should remember, too, that professional boxing during much of Wilde's career was far more brutal than it is today. The neutral corner rule, for example, came into play during the 1920s, when Jimmy had past his prime. Before then, if you decked your opponent, you could pretty much stand over him and knock him down again as he tried to rise. It's clear from this video that Wilde took advantage of that:) --
stevevandien 8 months ago
I WONDER WHY YOU TUBE REMOVED THE VIDEO ON THE FIGHT BETWEEN JIMMY WILDE & PANCHO VILLA IN WHICH VILLA KNOCKED OUT WILDE. WHOEVER REMOVED THE VIDEO IS SO PATHETIC. YOU CANNOT HIDE THE TRUTH THAT IT WAS A SMALL BUT TUFF FILIPINO THAT KNOCKED OUT WILDE.
xpressivist 9 months ago
@xpressivist Yes because this ''someone'' has removed a video of Wilde vs. Villa. No one will ever know what happened and Villa will never get recognised for all his accomplishments. Seriously grow up and show some respect to one of the greatest p4p Boxers of all time. And I found it interesting how you neglected to mention that Wilde had been retired for two years before he came back and fought Villa. No one will take away what Villa did in his career, show some respect to Wilde.
coolins112 9 months ago
@xpressivist jimmy was lighter than pancho u muppet
advent8888888888 9 months ago 2
@xpressivist By this time Wilde was retired and pretty much finished. It is also arguable that Villa hit Wilde after the bell in one of the early rounds and he never recovered. Everyone knows Villa beat Wilde in Wildes last fight and everyone knows Wilde is still one of the greatest boxers that ever stepped into the ring.
Easyandy100 9 months ago 2
Time after time i see videos on youtube of greatest boxers ever, without Jimmy Wilde mentioned- he should be in every list!
mizofan 10 months ago
It seems that Wilde THREW his small, muscular body at his opponents. That helps to explain his power. And despite the lightly-padded boxing gloves during Wilde's career, I've not read that Jimmy ever injured his hands. Never suffering such injuries (common among boxers lighter than heavyweights and especially so among those below middleweights) would suggest that despite his diminutive size, Wilde's bones were thick and strong, hence another factor behind his KO punch --
stevevandien 10 months ago
@stevevandien Also note the tremendous hip rotation behind Wilde's punches, especially between 2:31 and 2:42. Other relatively small martial artists (perhaps most notably Bruce Lee and Sam Langford) have noted how using the hips properly can lift one's hitting power into (and perhaps beyond) the twilight zone:) --
stevevandien 10 months ago
@stevevandien Don't forget his exceptionally wide stance that also increases power.
Easyandy100 9 months ago
@Easyandy100 Yes, good point:) --
stevevandien 8 months ago
@stevevandien As you have touched on it is a very similar technique taught in Karate etc where small people can generate huge amounts of power if performed correctly.
Easyandy100 8 months ago
Excellent footage.
blundell1818 1 year ago
Enjoyed that vid - superb stuff. The Tylorstown Terror must be the greatest of all time!
Aphywel 1 year ago
Thank- you for this great vid. one of my all time fav fighters. He's top ten all time p4p.
1899sharkey 1 year ago
Pound for pound, definitely one of the top ten hardest hitters!
expressivechild 1 year ago
@expressivechild the Ring magazine voted him 3rd hardest puncher of all time! the ghost with a hammer in his hand...
dan32113 1 year ago
@dan32113 - In my opinion, he is possible P4P hardest puncher of all time. I mean, he is a flyweight who has the power to knock out a lightweight with one powerful punch! But there are very very few footage of his fights. Unfortunately, when I look at lists of greatest British boxers, I find it surprising to see his name unmentioned all the time? Sad though.
expressivechild 1 year ago
@expressivechild And not just lightweights! Wilde came up as a booth fighter, taking on all comers and often flattening men who outweighed him by 50 pounds or more.
In 1975, The Ring magazine called Wilde the greatest flyweight of all time. If anybody has since surpassed him according to The Ring, I haven't heard about it. Clearly there have been great flyweights since, like Eder Jofre and Miguel Canto. But I rather doubt that anybody has superceded Wilde:) --
stevevandien 8 months ago
@stevevandien ~ I do believe he is the greatest Flyweight of all time. Indisputable. P4P he is also a top 10.
expressivechild 8 months ago
@expressivechild I mentioned this on another vid already, but when the Ring did their GOAT lists for the various divisions, Wilde is the only fighter who was on top on their 1975 list and still remained the top fighter on their 90's list... to give an example of another Jimmy Wilde feat, Pete Herman was listed as the 1st or 2nd best Bantam ever on the Ring's 1975 list..., and Jimmy prolly woulda beat him if they'd fought a year or so earlier. Anyway, I know I know I'm on Wilde's nuts big time!!
RapedByRepublicans 6 months ago