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It took a long time, but Joe Calzaghe's stellar career eventually won him recognition on the world stage. He continued a great tradition of Welsh pugilists, following the likes of Howard Winstone, Jimmy Wilde and Jim Driscoll. So where does Calzaghe stand in this pantheon of fighters?
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10: Johnny Owen
The Matchstick Man's story is dominated by its tragic end - the frail-looking Welshman was beaten to death in a Los Angeles ring by Mexico's Lupe Pintor...
9: Jack Petersen
Petersen was an accomplished heavyweight, but the question will always remain as to whether he could have been world-class at light-heavy, his natural weight...
8: Colin Jones
The welterweight from Gorseinon was taken into the Eddie Thomas stable and moulded into a fighter worthy of succeeding Howard Winstone and Ken Buchanan...
7: Tommy Farr
Farr met Joe Louis in New York's Yankee Stadium amidst one of the most turbulent political and sporting mixes in ring history...
6: Percy Jones
Jones was Wales' first world champion, a fast and powerful flyweight who earned his title in one of the toughest eras of the sport's history...
5: Howard Winstone
Winstone and his trainer Eddie Thomas formed a famous fight partnership whose quest for the world featherweight title captivated the nation...
4: Jim Driscoll
Driscoll's performance against Abe Attell was enough to see him recognised as world champion in Europe, but the no decision rule meant he never officially wore the crown...
3: Freddie Welsh
Welsh's remarkable, cross-Atlantic career and epic trio of fights with Benny Leonard mark him down as one of the greatest lightweights of all time...
1=: Jimmy Wilde
Standing at just over five foot and weighing in at 100 pounds, Wilde possessed a phenomenal punch that earned him the moniker 'The Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand'...
1=: Joe Calzaghe
Calzaghe mastered the art of boxing in his era and always found a way to win, meaning he deserves to be ranked alongside Wilde at the very pinnacle of Welsh sport...
OTHER NOTABLE WELSH BOXERS AND TRAINERS
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Jamie Arthur
Jamie Arthur
- Official website
Career record
- Boxing Records website Eddie Avoth
Eddie Avoth
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Johnny Basham
Profile
- BBC Local
Career record
- Boxing Records website Bill Beynon
Profile
- Boxing Biographies website
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Hill name honour for boxing hero
- BBC News
Gary Buckland
Career record
- Boxing Records website Enzo Calzaghe
Enzo Calzaghe 'retires'
- BBC Sport profile
Enzo Calzaghe
- BritishBoxing.net website Nathan Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly in photos
- BBC Sport website
Nathan Cleverly
- Official website
Career record
- Boxing Records website Jason Cook
Jason Cook
- Wikipedia
Jason Cook profile
- Welsh Warriors/Johnny Owen website
Career record
- Boxing Records website Brian Curvis
Brian Curvis
- Wikipedia
Brian Curvis profile
- South Wales Evening Post
Career record
- Boxing Records website Cliff Curvis
Tributes paid to Curvis
- BBC Sport
Career record
- Boxing Records website Dai Curvis
Boxing trainer, father of Brian and Cliff Nipper Pat Daly
Nipper Pat Daly
- Wikipedia
Nipper Pat Daly
- official website
Career record
- Boxing Records website Robert Dickie
Dickie dies aged 46
- BBC Sport
Career record
- Boxing Records website Dai Dollings
Having trained marathon runners and the great Ted 'Kid' Lewis in the UK, Dollings moved to New York where - in the period around 1914 - he worked with a young Ray Arcel, teaching him how to analyse fighters. Dollings was a legend at Grupp's Gym on West 116th Street, the top New York fighting gym before
Stillman's
emerged.
Ray Arcel and Dai Dollings
- Jews in Sports website Dai Dower
Dai Dower profile
- Welsh Warriors/Johnny Owen website
Dai Dower
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Llew Edwards
Career record
- Boxing Records website Joe Erskine
Joe Erskine
- Wikipedia
The man who beat Chuvalo
- BritishBoxing.net website
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Scott Gammer
Gammer fails with Williams gamble
- BBC Sport article
Career record
- Boxing Records website Dai Gardiner
Gardiner's guide to boxing spirit
- BBC Sport Academy
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Neil Haddock
Career record
- Boxing Records website Peter Harris
Career record
- Boxing Records website Floyd Havard
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Kerry Hope
Kerry Hope
- Official website
Hope moves to US
- BBC Sport
Career record
- Boxing Records website Billy Hughes
Boxer's 'hard living'
- BBC News Benny Jacobs
See Wynford Lyn Jones, "Benny's Boys: The Stable of Benny Jacobs" (2007) Ronnie James
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Barry Jones
Career record
- Boxing Records website Gary Lockett
Gary Lockett
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website Enzo Maccarinelli
Enzo Maccarinelli in photos
- BBC Sport website
Career record
- BBC Sport website
Enzo Maccarinelli
- BBC Raise Your Game
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Neville Meade
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Glen Moody
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Frank Moody, 'The Pontypridd Puncher'
Frank Moody
- BBC Sport profile
Career record
- Boxing Records website Charlie Pearson
Charlie Pearson retires
- BBC Sport David Pearce
David Pearce profile
- Welsh Warriors/Johnny Owen website
David Pearce profile
- BBC Local, SE Wales
David Pearce
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website Nicky Piper
Nicky Piper
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Dennis Powell
Dennis Powell profile
- BBC Local
Career record
- Boxing Records website Bradley Pryce
Bradley Pryce
- Official website
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Gavin Rees
Gavin Rees in photos
- BBC Sport website
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Robbie Regan
Robbie Regan in photos
- BBC Sport website
Robbie Regan
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website Dick Richardson
The brawl in Porthcawl: Dick Richardson v Brian London
- BBC Sport
Dick Richardson profile
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website Steve Robinson
Steve Robinson in photos
- BBC Sport website
Steve Robinson profile
- Welsh Warriors/Johnny Owen website
Steve Robinson
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Francis Rossi
Career record
- Boxing Records website Lee Selby
Career record
- Boxing Records website Steve Sims
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Kelvin Smart
Career record
- Boxing Records website Neil Swain
Career record
- Boxing Records website Cuthbert Taylor
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Daniel Thomas, aka Gipsy Daniels
How Daniels earned his name
- Antiquities of the Prize Ring
Career record
- Boxing Records website Eddie Thomas
Eddie Thomas profile
- Welsh Warriors/Johnny Owen website
Eddie Thomas archive
- BBC Wales On Air
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Pat Thomas
Career record
- Boxing Records website Tom Thomas
Thomas Thomas
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website Gwyn Williams
Career record
- Boxing Records website Johnny Williams
Johnny Williams
- Wikipedia
Career record
- Boxing Records website
Obituary
- The Independent Lennie 'the Lion' Williams
Career record
- Boxing Records website Mac Williams
See "Wales and its Boxers: The Fighting Tradition", ed. Peter Stead and Gareth Williams (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2008) *The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites
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