Via Ken Hissner: Fighting out of Wales is flyweight Jimmy “The Mighty Atom” Wilde Is Wilde the best of the little boxers? So with a lot of emphasis on heavyweights who might be the worst viewers until the knockout, the little guy’s ca gives us more action!
Jimmy Wilde has a 131-3-1 record with 98 kills! Can you imagine if he was said to be a heavyweight with a record like that? He’s lost his last two teamfights, meaning he’s down 131-1-1 with the previous eight zeros. Imagine with a record like that, you hardly ever hear of him.
Wilde has many nicknames besides “Mighty Atom” which is too faint as “Ghost with hammer in hand”, “Famine of the Indians” and “Dangerous maniac”!
Although the record books show Wilde turning pro in 1911, it is said that he started much earlier, and some show a 137-4-1 record with over 100 stops.
Wilde won the European Championship when he knocked out Eugene Husson of France 80-0-1 in March 2014 in the first scheduled 20-round match.
In January 1915, Wilde lost 94-0-1, when he lost for the first time to Tancy Lee, 17-1, which was ranked as the International Boxing Union world champion.
In April 1916, with a record of 109-1-1, Wilde stopped Johnny Rosner, 24-8-5, in eleven innings of the 20 scheduled innings for the so-called championship match. First international Flyweight class on www.boxrec.com.
In June 1916, Wilde rematched Tancy Lee, then 24-2, knocking him out in eleven rounds. In his next bout with titles like EBU, England and IBU World, he knocked out Johnny Hughes, 115-64-22, in ten innings.
In August 1918, Wilde blocked Joe Young Conn, 65-17-8, for twelve rounds, weighing between 105 pounds and 120 pounds of Conn. In July 1919, he defeated American Memphis Pal Moore, 87-17-18, by more than 20 rounds.
In Wilde’s next game, he made his US debut in December, losing to Jackie Sharkey, 31-34-11, which was considered a decision in the newspapers over ten innings as he was leading 127-1-1. Go find numbers. He will stay in the US, winning the next five matches, with the last against Frankie Mason, 109-15-39, billed as a World Championship match.
Following Wilde’s win in Canada’s next game, he will win three games including a pair against Battling Al Murray, 48-22-13, by stops in eight and two innings.
Then returned to Canada to win before losing his last two games when he returned to Great Britain for nearly two years to lose to Pete Herman, 87-27-13, of the USA in January 1921, the division champion. future world bantamweight.
Two years later, in June 1923, Wilde’s final match would be his last, this time losing to world champion Pancho Villa, 66-6-3, in seven innings in a world championship match. Both Herman and Villa will be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, as will Wilde.
