Flyweight · United Kingdom
Jimmy Wilde 137-4-1, 8 NC 98 KO · 1911–1923
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Jimmy Wilde was a flyweight boxer from United Kingdom, born May 15, 1892. Record 137-4-1, 8 NC with 98 knockouts over 1911–1923. World titles: WBA flyweight (1921–1923). Jimmy Wilde last fought Pancho Villa on Jun 18, 1923 and lost by KO in round 7 of 20.
Also: Джимми Уайльд · جيمى ويلد · جيمي ويلد +6 more ジミー・ワイルド · 吉米·怀尔德 · 吉米·懷爾德 · Mighty Atom · William James Wilde · Уайльд, Джимми
Born May 15, 1892
Died Mar 10, 1969
Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Stance Orthodox
Height 159 cm
Reach 167.5 cm
Nickname The Mighty Atom · The Tylorstown Terror · Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand
Debut Jan 1, 1911
Career 1911–1923
Rounds boxed 985
KO share 72%
Born in Quakers Yard, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Titles WBA flyweight · 1921–1923
Confirmed bouts 8 of 150
Career record Record
137-4-1, 8 NC, 98 KOs · 1911–1923
Last result L
KO 7/20 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 150 bouts, 1911–1923, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 131-3-2
L
KO 7/20 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Wilde 137-3-1 · Villa 66-6-3
L
TKO 17/20 · Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Wilde 137-2-1 · Herman 87-27-13
W
Patsy Wallace
Retained world flyweight title PTS 10/10 · Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Wilde 136-2-1 · Wallace —
W
Battling Al Murray
KO 2/8 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Wilde 135-2-1 · Murray —
W
Bobby Dyson
KO 1/12 · Cuddy's Arena, Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Wilde 134-2-1 · Dyson —
W
Battling Al Murray
Retained world flyweight title TKO 8/8 · Sportsman's Club, Camden, 🇺🇸
Wilde 133-2-1 · Murray —
W
10 · Windsor, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Wilde 132-2-1 · Kid —
W
Frankie Mason
World flyweight title at stake 12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Wilde 131-2-1 · Mason —
W
Patsy Wallace
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Wilde 130-2-1 · Wallace —
W
Mickey Russell
TKO 7/8 · 4th Regiment Armory, Jersey City, 🇺🇸
Wilde 129-2-1 · Russell —
W
Mike Ertie
KO 3/10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Wilde 128-2-1 · Ertie —
W
Babe Asher
8 · Future City A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Wilde 127-2-1 · Asher —
L
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Wilde 127-1-1 · Sharkey 31-34-11
W
PTS 20/20 · Olympia, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Wilde 126-1-1 · Moore 87-17-18
W
Jimmy Buck
KO 3/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 124-1-1 · Buck —
W
Alf Mansfield
TKO 13/15 · Holborn Stadium, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wilde 124-1-1 · Mansfield —
W
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 123-1-1 · Lynch 37-12-8
W
Joe Conn
TKO 12/20 · Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge, 🇬🇧
Wilde 122-1-1 · Conn —
W
Dick Heasman
Retained NSC British and world flyweight titles RTD 2/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 121-1-1 · Heasman —
W
Corporal Jacobs
KO 4/6 · Headquarters Gymnasium, Aldershot, 🇬🇧
Wilde 120-1-1 · Jacobs —
Show all 150 bouts W
Jimmy Russell
TKO 3/15 · Holborn Stadium, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wilde 119-1-1 · Russell —
W
George Clark
Retained IBU, NSC British, and world flyweight titles TKO 4/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 118-1-1 · Clark —
W
Won inaugural world flyweight title RTD 11/20 · Holborn Stadium, Holborn, 🇬🇧
Wilde 117-1-1 · Kid —
W
TKO 15/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 116-1-1 · Noble —
W
Johnny Hughes
Retained IBU and NSC British flyweight titles KO 10/20 · Kensal Rise Athletic Ground, Kensal Rise, 🇬🇧
Wilde 115-1-1 · Hughes —
W
Retained IBU and vacant NSC British flyweight titles KO 11/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 114-1-1 · Lee —
W
RTD 8/20 · Oxford Music Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Wilde 113-1-1 · Harrison —
W
Joe Magnus
KO 2/6 · Empire Theatre, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 111-1-1 · Magnus —
W
Darkey Saunders
TKO 3/6 · Woolwich Dockyard Labour Club, Woolwich, 🇬🇧
Wilde 111-1-1 · Saunders —
W
Benny Thomas
PTS 15/15 · Empire Theatre, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 110-1-1 · Thomas —
W
Johnny Rosner
Retained IBU flyweight title RTD 11/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 109-1-1 · Rosner —
W
KO 3/20 · Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, 🇬🇧
Wilde 108-1-1 · Smith 69-13-6
W
Sam Kellar
RTD 8/20 · West London Stadium, Marylebone, 🇬🇧
Wilde 107-1-1 · Kellar —
W
Won IBU and NSC British flyweight titles RTD 12/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 106-1-1 · Symonds —
W
Jimmy Morton
KO 2/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 105-1-1 · Morton —
W
RTD 11/20 · New Cross Baths, New Cross, 🇬🇧
Wilde 104-1-1 · Noble —
W
Billy Young Rowlands
TKO 7/20 · Empire, Swansea, 🇬🇧
Wilde 103-1-1 · Rowlands —
W
TKO 8/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 102-1-1 · Smith 68-12-6
W
Danny Elliott
KO 2/15 · Central Baths, Bradford, 🇬🇧
Wilde 101-1-1 · Elliott —
W
TKO 14/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 100-1-1 · Best —
W
Tommy Hughes
RTD 8/15 · Palace Theatre, Barrow in Furness, 🇬🇧
Wilde 99-1-1 · Hughes —
W
Peter Cullen
RTD 9/15 · Drill Hall, Dublin, 🇮🇪
Wilde 98-1-1 · Cullen —
W
Walter Buchan
RTD 5/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 97-1-1 · Buchan —
W
George Clark
RTD 8/15 · Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, 🇬🇧
Wilde 96-1-1 · Clark —
W
Driver Bethuen
RTD 5/10 · Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, 🇬🇧
Wilde 95-1-1 · Bethuen —
W
Sid Shields
KO 2/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 94-1-1 · Shields —
L
For vacant IBU, and NSC British flyweight title TKO 17/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 94-0-1 · Lee —
W
Retained British 112lbs title claim TKO 9/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 93-0-1 · Smith 66-10-4
W
British flyweight title eliinator PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 92-0-1 · Symonds —
W
Alf Mansfield
RTD 9/15 · West London Stadium, Marylebone, 🇬🇧
Wilde 91-0-1 · Mansfield —
W
Young Baker
PTS 15/15 · Boulevard Rink, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Wilde 90-0-1 · Baker —
W
Young Ted Walters
DQ 6/15 · St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Wilde 89-0-1 · Walters —
W
Charley Jordan
RTD 10/15 · New Marquee, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 87-0-1 · Jordan —
W
Artie Edwards
PTS 15/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 87-0-1 · Edwards —
W
Charley Jordan
RTD 10/15 · New Marquee, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 86-0-1 · Jordan —
W
Charlie Banyard
TKO 9/15 · Market Hall, Aberdare, 🇬🇧
Wilde 85-0-1 · Banyard —
W
Georges Gloria
TKO 5/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 84-0-1 · Gloria —
W
Alf Mansfield
PTS 20/20 · Olympia Skating Rink, Leeds, 🇬🇧
Wilde 83-0-1 · Mansfield —
W
Albert Bouzonnie
TKO 6/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 82-0-1 · Bouzonnie —
W
Jack Madden
KO 4/15 · Portland Skating Rink, Ashton under Lyne, 🇬🇧
Wilde 81-0-1 · Madden —
W
Eugene Husson
KO 6/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 80-0-1 · Husson —
W
Bill Kyne
TKO 4/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 79-0-1 · Kyne —
W
George Jaggers
RTD 5/15 · Artillery Drill Hall, Sheffield, 🇬🇧
Wilde 78-0-1 · Jaggers —
W
Paddy Carroll
KO 2/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 77-0-1 · Carroll —
W
Tom Thomas
TKO 7/10 · Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 🇬🇧
Wilde 76-0-1 · Thomas —
W
Kid Nutter
PTS 15/15 · Drill Hall, Birkenhead, 🇬🇧
Wilde 75-0-1 · Nutter —
W
Billy Young Padden
TKO 3/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 74-0-1 · Padden —
W
Young Beynon
PTS 15/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 73-0-1 · Beynon —
W
Kid Nutter
PTS 15/15 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 72-0-1 · Nutter —
W
Harry Brooks
RTD 9/15 · Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Wilde 71-0-1 · Brooks —
W
Billy Charles
RTD 6/20 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 70-0-1 · Charles —
W
Young George Dando
DQ 10/15 · Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, 🇬🇧
Wilde 69-0-1 · Dando —
W
Dido Gains
PTS 15/15 · Drill Hall, Swansea, 🇬🇧
Wilde 68-0-1 · Gains —
W
Jack Young Dyer
TKO 2/15 · Manchester, 🇬🇧
Wilde 67-0-1 · Dyer —
W
Young Baker
RTD 10/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 66-0-1 · Baker —
W
Darkey Saunders
TKO 11/15 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 65-0-1 · Saunders —
W
Young George Dando
PTS 20/20 · Westgate Rink, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 64-0-1 · Dando —
W
Kid Levene
RTD 7/15 · Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley, 🇬🇧
Wilde 63-0-1 · Levene —
W
Harry Curley
RTD 12/15 · Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley, 🇬🇧
Wilde 62-0-1 · Curley —
W
Dido Gains
PTS 15/15 · Artillery Drill Hall, Sheffield, 🇬🇧
Wilde 61-0-1 · Gains —
W
Dick Jenkins
PTS 10/10 · Ferndale, 🇬🇧
Wilde 60-0-1 · Jenkins —
W
Jack Young Dyer
TKO 3/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 59-0-1 · Dyer —
W
Darkey Saunders
PTS 10/10 · American Skating Rink, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 58-0-1 · Saunders —
W
Young George Dando
PTS 15/15 · Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 57-0-1 · Dando —
W
Tommy Lewis
PTS 15/15 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 56-0-1 · Lewis —
W
Dick Lewis
RTD 3/15 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 55-0-1 · Lewis —
W
Gwilym Thomas
TKO 5/15 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 54-0-1 · Thomas —
W
Billy Young Padden
PTS 12/12 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 53-0-1 · Padden —
W
Dai Davies
PTS 12/12 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 52-0-1 · Davies —
NC
Ivor Meredith
10 · Aberdare, 🇬🇧
Wilde 52-0-1 · Meredith —
W
Billy Yates
KO 4/12 · Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 51-0-1 · Yates —
W
Will Rees
KO 2/12 · Marquee, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 50-0-1 · Rees —
W
Harry Taylor
RTD 3/6 · Drill Hall, Swansea, 🇬🇧
Wilde 49-0-1 · Taylor —
W
Billy Young Rowlands
6 · Drill Hall, Pentre, 🇬🇧
Wilde 48-0-1 · Rowlands —
W
Dai Matthews
RTD 4/12 · Marquee, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 47-0-1 · Matthews —
NC
Harry Stuckey
6 · Hippodrome, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 47-0-1 · Stuckey —
W
Ben Hardwick
8 · Hippodrome, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 46-0-1 · Hardwick —
W
James Kid Fitzpatrick
TKO 3/20 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 45-0-1 · Fitzpatrick —
NC
Young Tony
10 · Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 45-0-1 · Tony —
NC
Dick Jenkins
10 · Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 45-0-1 · Jenkins —
W
Tommy Hughes
RTD 7/15 · Hippodrome, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 44-0-1 · Hughes —
W
Billy Young Padden
TKO 18/20 · Victoria AC, Glasgow, 🇬🇧
Wilde 43-0-1 · Padden —
NC
Harry Stuckey
6 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 43-0-1 · Stuckey —
W
Billy Yates
RTD 4/15 · Theatre Royal, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 42-0-1 · Yates —
W
Stoker Staines
KO 1/15 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 41-0-1 · Staines —
W
Alf Williams
PTS 15/15 · Pentre, 🇬🇧
Wilde 40-0-1 · Williams —
W
Kid Pearson
RTD 2/6 · Pavilion, Mountain Ash, 🇬🇧
Wilde 39-0-1 · Pearson —
W
Jim Ransford
RTD 2/20 · Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 38-0-1 · Ransford —
W
Llewellyn Boswell
PTS 6/6 · Swansea, 🇬🇧
Wilde 37-0-1 · Boswell —
W
Phil Davies
RTD 2/6 · Olympia Rink, Merthyr, 🇬🇧
Wilde 36-0-1 · Davies —
W
Walter Hall
TKO 3/6 · Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield, 🇬🇧
Wilde 35-0-1 · Hall —
W
Jim Stuckey
TKO 8/8 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 34-0-1 · Stuckey —
NC
Mike Flynn
8 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 34-0-1 · Flynn —
W
Joe Gans
TKO 7/8 · Pavilion, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 33-0-1 · Gans —
W
Kid Morris
RTD 5/20 · Welsh National A.C., Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 32-0-1 · Morris —
NC
Lewis Williams
6 · Mid Rhondda Athletic Grounds, Tonypandy, 🇬🇧
Wilde 32-0-1 · Williams —
NC
Joe Wilson
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Wilde 32-0-1 · Wilson —
W
Roland Hall
KO 4 · United Kingdom
Wilde 31-0-1 · Hall —
W
Sam Jennings
PTS 6/6 · Badminton Club, Cardiff
Wilde 30-0-1 · Jennings —
W
Sam Jennings
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 29-0-1 · Jennings —
W
Young Baker
PTS 6/6 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Wilde 28-0-1 · Baker —
W
Matt Wells' Nipper
TKO 1/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Wilde 27-0-1 · Nipper —
W
Ted Roberts
KO 4 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 26-0-1 · Roberts —
W
Young Towell
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 25-0-1 · Towell —
W
Jim Young Rice
KO 4 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 24-0-1 · Rice —
W
Young Towell
KO 4 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 23-0-1 · Towell —
W
Young Sam Langford
KO 2 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 22-0-1 · Langford —
W
Young Powell
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 21-0-1 · Powell —
W
Joe Rogers
KO 5 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 20-0-1 · Rogers —
W
Ted Powell
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 19-0-1 · Powell —
W
Frank Avent
KO 4 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 18-0-1 · Avent —
W
Sam Jennings
TKO 11/15 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 17-0-1 · Jennings —
W
Fred Chappell
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 16-0-1 · Chappell —
W
Steve Thomas
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 15-0-1 · Thomas —
W
Kid Morris
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 14-0-1 · Morris —
W
Billy Brown
KO 4 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 13-0-1 · Brown —
W
Ted Roberts
KO 2 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 12-0-1 · Roberts —
W
Archie Grant
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 11-0-1 · Grant —
W
James Easton
PTS 10/10 · Olympia, Edinburgh, 🇬🇧
Wilde 10-0-1 · Easton —
W
Dai Roberts
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 9-0-1 · Roberts —
W
KO 2 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 8-0-1 · Papke 34-7-7
W
Eddie Thomas
KO 2 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 7-0-1 · Thomas —
W
Archie Grant
KO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 6-0-1 · Grant —
W
Dai Thomas
TKO 3 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 5-0-1 · Thomas —
W
Lewis Williams
RTD 4/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 4-0-1 · Williams —
W
Dick Jenkins
PTS 6/6 · Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Wilde 3-0-1 · Jenkins —
W
Young Williams
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 2-0-1 · Williams —
D
Dai Jones
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 2-0-0 · Jones —
W
Dick Jenkins
PTS 6/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 1-0-0 · Jenkins —
W
Ted Roberts
KO 3/6 · Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, 🇬🇧
Wilde 0-0-0 · Roberts —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Jimmy Wilde's record? Jimmy Wilde's professional record is 137-4-1, 8 NC with 98 knockouts.
Who did Jimmy Wilde fight last? Jimmy Wilde last fought Pancho Villa on Jun 18, 1923 and lost by KO in round 7 of 20.
Which world titles has Jimmy Wilde held? Jimmy Wilde has held 1 world title reign: WBA flyweight (1921–1923). Sources Boxerbook ID 4642 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/4642 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
