Flyweight · Bare-Knuckle & Gloves (1880–1919)
Jimmy Wilde
"The Mighty Atom"
137
Wins
4
Losses
1
Draws
98
KOs
72%
KO %
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1969
- Nationality
- UK
- Career
- 1910–1923
A Welsh puncher weighing barely 100 lb who is often called the greatest flyweight ever.
Titles & Honours
- First World Flyweight Champion (1916–1923)
Career Timeline
1910–1923- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Ted Roberts · W KO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Jim Young Rice · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Joe Gans
W TKO · Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Billy Yates · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
100th recorded win
vs Danny Elliott · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Title history
Title reign begins
First World Flyweight Champion (1916–1923). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Pancho Villa · L KO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
![[Jimmy] Wilde (right) And [Pancho] Villa (left) in the ring before their match, on June 18, 1923 [press photograph]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Jimmy_Wilde_vs._Pancho_Villa_BNF.jpeg/960px-Jimmy_Wilde_vs._Pancho_Villa_BNF.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
3 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-01-01 | W | Ted Roberts | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-01-10 | W | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-01-20 | D | Dai Jones | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-02-23 | W | Young Williams | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-03-09 | W | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 6 | Cardiff, Wales |
| 1911-03-13 | W | Lewis Williams | RTD | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-03-20 | W | Dai Thomas | TKO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-04-04 | W | Archie Grant | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-04-10 | W | Eddie Thomas | KO | 2 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-04-20 | W | Billy Papke | KO | 2 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-05-05 | W | Dai Roberts | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-05-08 | W | James Easton | PTS | 10 | Olympia, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1911-05-15 | W | Archie Grant | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-05-25 | W | Ted Roberts | KO | 2 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-06-03 | W | Billy Brown | KO | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-06-20 | W | Kid Morris | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-07-07 | W | Steve Thomas | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-08-08 | W | Fred Chappell | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-08-26 | W | Sam Jennings | TKO | 11 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-09-09 | W | Frank Avent | KO | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-09-20 | W | Ted Powell | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-10-10 | W | Joe Rogers | KO | 5 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-10-20 | W | Young Powell | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-10-30 | W | Young Sam Langford | KO | 2 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-11-11 | W | Young Towell | KO | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-11-20 | W | Jim Young Rice | KO | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-12-12 | W | Young Towell | KO | 3 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1911-12-20 | W | Ted Roberts | KO | 4 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1912-01-20 | W | Matt Wells' Nipper | TKO | 1 | The Ring, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, London, England |
| 1912-02-01 | W | Young Baker | PTS | 6 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1912-02-15 | W | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Millfield A.C., Pontypridd, Wales |
| 1912-03-09 | W | Sam Jennings | PTS | 6 | Badminton Club, Cardiff |
| 1912-04-04 | W | Roland Hall | KO | 4 | United Kingdom |
| 1912-06-03 | ND | Joe Wilson | ND | 3 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1912-06-20 | ND | Lewis Williams | ND | 6 | Mid Rhondda Athletic Grounds, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-07-20 | W | Kid Morris | RTD | 5 | Welsh National A.C., Cardiff, Wales |
| 1912-08-03 | W | Joe Gans | TKO | 7 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-08-10 | ND | Mike Flynn | ND | 8 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-08-17 | W | Jim Stuckey | TKO | 8 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-09-19 | W | Walter Hall | TKO | 3 | Attercliffe Boxing Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| 1912-11-09 | W | Phil Davies | RTD | 2 | Olympia Rink, Merthyr, Wales |
| 1912-11-13 | W | Llewellyn Boswell | PTS | 6 | Swansea, Wales |
| 1912-11-16 | W | Jim Ransford | RTD | 2 | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-11-23 | W | Kid Pearson | RTD | 2 | Pavilion, Mountain Ash, Wales |
| 1912-11-30 | W | Alf Williams | PTS | 15 | Pentre, Wales |
| 1912-12-14 | W | Stoker Staines | KO | 1 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1912-12-21 | W | Billy Yates | RTD | 4 | Theatre Royal, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1912-12-28 | ND | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-01-01 | W | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 18 | Victoria AC, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1913-01-18 | W | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 7 | Hippodrome, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-02-01 | ND | Dick Jenkins | ND | 10 | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-02-08 | ND | Young Tony | ND | 10 | Scarrott's Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-02-15 | W | James Kid Fitzpatrick | TKO | 3 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-02-22 | W | Ben Hardwick | NWS | 8 | Hippodrome, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-03-01 | ND | Harry Stuckey | ND | 6 | Hippodrome, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-03-08 | W | Dai Matthews | RTD | 4 | Marquee, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-03-13 | W | Billy Young Rowlands | NWS | 6 | Drill Hall, Pentre, Wales |
| 1913-03-24 | W | Harry Taylor | RTD | 3 | Drill Hall, Swansea, Wales |
| 1913-04-12 | W | Will Rees | KO | 2 | Marquee, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-04-19 | W | Billy Yates | KO | 4 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-05-05 | ND | Ivor Meredith | ND | 10 | Aberdare, Wales |
| 1913-05-24 | W | Dai Davies | PTS | 12 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-06-16 | W | Billy Young Padden | PTS | 12 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-06-21 | W | Gwilym Thomas | TKO | 5 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-07-01 | W | Dick Lewis | RTD | 3 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-07-12 | W | Tommy Lewis | PTS | 15 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-07-19 | W | Young George Dando | PTS | 15 | Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-08-04 | W | Darkey Saunders | PTS | 10 | American Skating Rink, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1913-08-28 | W | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 3 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1913-09-06 | W | Dick Jenkins | PTS | 10 | Ferndale, Wales |
| 1913-09-08 | W | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Artillery Drill Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| 1913-09-11 | W | Harry Curley | RTD | 12 | Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley, Staffordshire, England |
| 1913-09-18 | W | Kid Levene | RTD | 7 | Olympia Skating Rink, Hanley, Staffordshire, England |
| 1913-09-22 | W | Young George Dando | PTS | 20 | Westgate Rink, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1913-11-01 | W | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 11 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-11-13 | W | Young Baker | RTD | 10 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1913-11-21 | W | Jack Young Dyer | TKO | 2 | Manchester, England |
| 1913-11-22 | W | Dido Gains | PTS | 15 | Drill Hall, Swansea, Wales |
| 1913-12-06 | W | Young George Dando | DQ | 10 | Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| 1913-12-13 | W | Billy Charles | RTD | 6 | Pavilion, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1913-12-16 | W | Harry Brooks | RTD | 9 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester |
| 1914-01-03 | W | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Pavilion Skating Rink, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1914-01-08 | W | Young Beynon | PTS | 15 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-01-29 | W | Billy Young Padden | TKO | 3 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-02-02 | W | Kid Nutter | PTS | 15 | Drill Hall, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-02-09 | W | Tom Thomas | TKO | 7 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England |
| 1914-02-12 | W | Paddy Carroll | KO | 2 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-02-16 | W | George Jaggers | RTD | 5 | Artillery Drill Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| 1914-03-26 | W | Bill Kyne | TKO | 4 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-03-30 | W | Eugene Husson | KO | 6 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1914-04-13 | W | Jack Madden | KO | 4 | Portland Skating Rink, Ashton under Lyne, England |
| 1914-04-16 | W | Albert Bouzonnie | TKO | 6 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-04-27 | W | Alf Mansfield | PTS | 20 | Olympia Skating Rink, Leeds, Yorkshires, England |
| 1914-05-11 | W | Georges Gloria | TKO | 5 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1914-06-22 | W | Charlie Banyard | TKO | 9 | Market Hall, Aberdare, Wales |
| 1914-07-18 | W | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 | New Marquee, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1914-07-23 | W | Artie Edwards | PTS | 15 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1914-07-23 | W | Charley Jordan | RTD | 10 | New Marquee, Tonypandy, Wales |
| 1914-08-10 | W | Young Ted Walters | DQ | 6 | St James Hall, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England |
| 1914-08-20 | W | Young Baker | PTS | 15 | Boulevard Rink, Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| 1914-09-28 | W | Alf Mansfield | RTD | 9 | West London Stadium, Marylebone, London, England |
| 1914-11-16 | W | Joe Symonds | PTS | 15 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1914-12-03 | W | Sid Smith | TKO | 9 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1915-01-25 | L | Tancy Lee | TKO | 17 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1915-03-25 | W | Sid Shields | KO | 2 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1915-07-24 | W | Driver Bethuen | RTD | 5 | Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, Yorkshire, England |
| 1915-08-14 | W | George Clark | RTD | 8 | Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, Yorkshire, England |
| 1915-09-23 | W | Walter Buchan | RTD | 5 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1915-10-20 | W | Peter Cullen | RTD | 9 | Drill Hall, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1915-11-27 | W | Tommy Hughes | RTD | 8 | Palace Theatre, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, England |
| 1915-12-09 | W | Johnny Best | TKO | 14 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1915-12-13 | W | Danny Elliott | KO | 2 | Central Baths, Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| 1915-12-20 | W | Sid Smith | TKO | 8 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1916-01-08 | W | Billy Young Rowlands | TKO | 7 | Empire, Swansea, Wales |
| 1916-01-24 | W | Tommy Noble | RTD | 11 | New Cross Baths, New Cross, London, England |
| 1916-01-27 | W | Jimmy Morton | KO | 2 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1916-02-14 | W | Joe Symonds | RTD | 12 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1916-03-09 | W | Sam Kellar | RTD | 8 | West London Stadium, Marylebone, London, England |
| 1916-03-27 | W | Sid Smith | KO | 3 | Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, London, England |
| 1916-04-24 | W | Johnny Rosner | RTD | 11 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1916-04-29 | W | Benny Thomas | PTS | 15 | Empire Theatre, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1916-05-13 | W | Darkey Saunders | TKO | 3 | Woolwich Dockyard Labour Club, Woolwich, London, England |
| 1916-05-13 | W | Joe Magnus | KO | 2 | Empire Theatre, Cardiff, Wales |
| 1916-05-29 | W | Tommy Harrison | RTD | 8 | Oxford Music Hall, London, England |
| 1916-06-26 | W | Tancy Lee | KO | 11 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1916-07-31 | W | Johnny Hughes | KO | 10 | Kensal Rise Athletic Ground, Kensal Rise, London, England |
| 1916-11-09 | W | Tommy Noble | TKO | 15 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1916-12-18 | W | Young Zulu Kid | RTD | 11 | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England |
| 1917-03-12 | W | George Clark | TKO | 4 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1917-03-22 | W | Jimmy Russell | TKO | 3 | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England |
| 1918-03-28 | W | Corporal Jacobs | KO | 4 | Headquarters Gymnasium, Aldershot, Hampshire, England |
| 1918-04-29 | W | Dick Heasman | RTD | 2 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1918-08-31 | W | Joe Conn | TKO | 12 | Chelsea FC, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London, England |
| 1919-03-31 | W | Joe Lynch | PTS | 15 | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England |
| 1919-04-21 | W | Alf Mansfield | TKO | 13 | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England |
| 1919-04-21 | W | Jimmy Buck | KO | 3 | Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| 1919-07-17 | W | Memphis Pal Moore | PTS | 20 | Olympia, Kensington, London, England |
| 1919-12-06 | L | Jackie Sharkey | NWS | 10 | Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| 1920-01-08 | W | Babe Asher | NWS | 8 | Future City A.C., Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| 1920-01-29 | W | Mike Ertie | KO | 3 | Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| 1920-02-19 | W | Mickey Russell | TKO | 7 | 4th Regiment Armory, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1920-03-03 | W | Patsy Wallace | NWS | 6 | National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1920-03-12 | W | Frankie Mason | NWS | 12 | Coliseum, Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1920-04-12 | W | Young Zulu Kid | NWS | 10 | Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| 1920-04-21 | W | Battling Al Murray | TKO | 8 | Sportsman's Club, Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1920-05-01 | W | Bobby Dyson | KO | 1 | Cuddy's Arena, Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1920-05-13 | W | Battling Al Murray | KO | 2 | National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1920-05-24 | W | Patsy Wallace | PTS | 10 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 1921-01-13 | L | Pete Herman | TKO | 17 | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England |
| 1923-06-18 | L | Pancho Villa | KO | 7 | Polo Grounds, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Showing 150 of 150 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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