Sport: Boxing
Boxing
Howard Winstone
Howard Winstone became World featherweight champion in 1968, 10 years after striking gold for Wales as an amateur at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. He took the British featherweight title…
Boxing
Freddie Welsh
A full biography of Freddie Welsh will appear here shortly.
Boxing
Jimmy Wilde
Universally acknowledged as the first world champion of the flyweight division, and arguably the greatest 8 stone title-holder of them all, Jimmy Wilde was nicknamed the 'Ghost with a Hammer…
Boxing
Eddie Thomas
A full biography of Eddie Thomas will appear here shortly.
Boxing
Jack Petersen
As the hype raged ahead of the all-British world title re-match between super middleweights Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium in 2014, the attendance reached 80,000 fight fans.…
Boxing
Jim Driscoll
Jim âPeerlessâ Driscoll fought American Abe Attell for the World Featherweight crown in 1910 and, even though he didnât return home with the title, remains one of Walesâ greatest boxers.…
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Hall of Fame
Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Celebrates 'Roll of Honour' 35th Anniversary
The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame celebrated the 35th anniversary of its âRoll of Honour; at The Parkgate Hotel this week by inducting his 200th member. On a spectacular night in the…