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:
Freddie Welsh v Benny Leonard III:
Jimmy Wilde v Pancho Villa:
Frank Moody v Harry Greb:
Tommy Farr v Joe Louis:
Johnny Owen v Lupe Pintor:
Colin Jones v Milton McCrory:
Joe Calzaghe v Bernard Hopkins:
Gary Lockett v Kelly Pavlik:
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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