Wales has always punched above its weight in the boxing ring. The United States, with 100 times the population, may have been the dominant player in the sport, but St David has done remarkably well against Goliath over the 120 years since the first bout in 1894. The Americans drooled over Jim Driscoll, the man dubbed 'Peerless' by the gunfighter-turned-journalist, Bat Masterson, while Jimmy Wilde also demonstrated his right to be considered one of the greatest of all time. Freddie Welsh even based himself in the States for most of his career, although he claimed the world lightweight title from Willie Ritchie in London, with both men having to cross the Atlantic. In more recent years, Joe Calzaghe's masterclass against Jeff Lacy finally convinced the American doubters, before he completed his unbeaten career by beating legends Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, Jr, in front of their own people. This book, while giving those bouts their due, looks at dozens of other contests between the two nations, covering more than a century, revealing some of the tales behind the headlines.
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The epic battles between Welsh and American fighters provide the author with an abundant harvest for this book. All the historic clashes are featured, but unquestionably the greatest - Tommy Farr's gallant defeat against Joe Louis 76 years ago - understandably takes pride of place. Gareth Jones doesn't let his readers down, also highlighting Jim Driscoll, Freddie Welsh, Colin Jones and Joe Calzaghe among others whose wars with men from across the Atlantic are part of Wales's sporting folklore. Colin Hart, Boxing Columnist, The Sun
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978-1-902719-38-2 (9781902719382)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Gareth Jones is a journalist who has been writing and broadcasting on boxing in Wales for more than 30 years, including over 15 years as Boxing Correspondent of the South Wales Echo, and a longer period as Welsh Correspondent of Boxing News.
1. 1894 John O'Brien v Frank Craig 2. 1908 Freddie Welsh v Packey McFarland 3. 1908 Jim Driscoll v Matty Baldwin 4. 1909 Jim Driscoll v Leach Cross 5. 1909 Jim Driscoll v Abe Attell 6. 1910 Freddie Welsh v Packey McFarland III 7. 1914 Freddie Welsh v Willie Ritchi 8. 1915 Eddie Morgan v Johnny Kilbane 9. 1916 Jimmy Wilde v Johnny Rosner 10. 1916 Freddie Welsh v Ad Wolgast 11. 1916 Freddie Welsh v Charley White 12. 1916 Jimmy Wilde v young zulu Kid 13. 1917 Freddie Welsh v Benny Leonard 14. 1917 Llew Edwards v Harry Stone 15. 1919 Jimmy Wilde v Pal Moore 16. 1921 Jimmy Wilde v Pete Herman 17. 1922 Johnny Basham v Mike McTigue 18. 1923 Jimmy Wilde v Pancho Villa 19. 1924 Frank Moody v Lou Bogash 20. 1924 Frank Moody v Harry Greb 21. 1925 Frank Moody v Tiger Flowers 22. 1931 Ginger Jones v Panama Al Brown 23. 1935 Albert Barnes v Petey Scalzo 24. 1936 Ronnie James v Jackie Wilson 25. 1936 Tommy Farr v Tommy Loughran 26. 1936 Tommy Farr v Bob Olin 27. 1937 Tommy Farr v Max Baer 28. 1937 Jim Wilde v Buddy Baer 29. 1937 Tommy Farr v Joe Louis 30. 1946 Ronnie James v Ike Williams 31. 1949 Eddie Thomas v Billy Graham 32. 1950 Johnny Williams v George Kaplan 33. 1956 Johnny Williams v Tommy 'Hurricane' Jackson 34. 1956 Dick Richardson v Ezzard Charles 35. 1958 Dick Richardson v Cleveland Williams 36. 1959 Joe Erskine v Willie Pastrano 37. 1961 Derek Richards v Roy McMillan 38. 1964 Brian Curvis v Emile Griffith 39. 1965 Howard Winstone v Don Johnson 40. 1966 Carl Gizzi v Ray Patterson 41. 1970 Eddie Avoth v Mike Quarry 42. 1980 Johnny Owen v Lupe Pintor 43. 1983 Colin Jones v Milton McCrory 44. 1983 Colin Jones v Milton McCrory II 45. 1985 Colin Jones v Don Curry 46. 1994 Floyd Havard v Juan 'John-John' Molina 47. 1994 Nicky Piper v Leeonzer Barber 48. 1996 Robbie Regan v Daniel Jimenez 49. 2000 Joe Calzaghe v Omar Sheika 50. 2002 Joe Calzaghe v Charles Brewer 51. 2003 Joe Calzaghe v Byron Mitchell 52. 2005 Enzo Maccarinelli v Richie LaMontagne 53. 2006 Joe Calzaghe v Jeff Lacy 54. 2007 Enzo Maccarinelli v Wayne Braithwaite 55. 2008 Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins 56. 2008 Gary Lockett v Kelly Pavlik 57. 2008 Joe Calzaghe v Roy Jones, Jr 58. 2012 Nathan Cleverly v Shawn Hawk 59. 2013 Gavin Rees v Adrien Broner 60. 2013 Nathan Cleverly v Sergey Kovalev 61. Over Here 62. Over There Bibliography
