Jimmy Wilde’s London debut
Jul 29, 2021
2 minutes
Alex Daley
@thealexdaley
Historian & author
HERE was a time when every boxer from UK shores who wanted to make his mark in the game needed to fight in London. The city was home to the National Sporting Club, which ruled British boxing with an iron fist in the early 1900s. From 1909, it issued championship belts at eight weights, and any boxer who
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