Wales' greatest US fight nights

By Sean Davies

I've done features on nine Welsh boxers who have hit the limelight with mega-bouts in the USA.

Take a look, tell me what you think, and share any memories of those unforgettable fight nights.

Jim Driscoll v Abe Attell:
New York, 19 February, 1909

Freddie Welsh v Benny Leonard III:
New York, 28 May, 1917

Jimmy Wilde v Pancho Villa:
New York, 18 June, 1923

Frank Moody v Harry Greb:
Brassco Park, Waterbury, Connecticut, 16 June, 1924

Tommy Farr v Joe Louis:
New York, 30 August, 1937

Johnny Owen v Lupe Pintor:
Los Angeles, 19 September, 1980

Colin Jones v Milton McCrory:
Reno, 19 March, 1983 & Las Vegas, 13 August, 1983

Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins:
Las Vegas, 19 April, 2008

Gary Lockett v Kelly Pavlik:
Atlantic City, 8 June, 2008

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Other Welsh boxing links in the USA:

Eddie Avoth
Eddie Avoth - Wikipedia
Career record - Boxing Records website

Nathan Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly - Official website
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

Kerry Hope
Kerry Hope - Official website
Hope moves to US - BBC Sport
Career record - Boxing Records website

Ricky Owen
Owen seeks US help - BBC Sport
Career record - Boxing Records website

Francis Rossi
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

James Todd
Career record - Boxing Records website

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