The man who brought down Benny Lynch
Nov 25, 2021
2 minutes
Miles Templeton
Boxing historian
HERE has always been some debate about who was the best of Britain’s two pre-war flyweight world champions: Jimmy Wilde or Benny Lynch? After two early losses as a teenager, Wilde only lost four more times in a long caree, and each of these defeats were against world-class fighters. He could punch with venomous force, and he dominated the flyweight division for seven
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