Editing Jimmy Wilde (section)

{{short description|Welsh boxer (1892–1969)}}
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{{Infobox boxer
| name  = Jimmy Wilde
| realname = William James Wilde
| image = Jimmy Wilde.jpg
| nickname = {{plainlist|
*The Mighty Atom
*The Tylorstown Terror
*Ghost with the Hammer in his Hand 
}}

| weight = [[Flyweight]]
| height = {{convert|5|ft|2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| reach = {{convert|66|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}
| nationality = Welsh
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|5|15}}
 | birth_place = [[Quakers Yard]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]], Wales
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1969|3|10|1892|5|12}}
|death_place = [[Whitchurch, Cardiff|Whitchurch]], [[Cardiff]], Wales
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 150
| wins = 137
| KO = 98
| losses = 4
| draws = 1
| no contests = 8
}}
'''William James Wilde''' (12 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh [[professional boxer]] who competed from 1911 to 1923. He simultaneously held the National Sporting Clubs British [[flyweight]] title and the World Flyweight championship from 1916 to 1923.

Often regarded as the greatest British fighter of all time, he was the first official world [[flyweight]] champion and was rated by [[United States|American]] boxing writer [[Nat Fleischer]], as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter Charley "Broadway" Rose, as "the Greatest Flyweight Boxer Ever". Wilde earned various nicknames, such as "The Mighty Atom", "Ghost with the Hammer in His Hand", and "The [[Tylorstown]] Terror" due to his bludgeoning punching power. While reigning as the world's greatest flyweight, Wilde would take on [[bantamweight]]s and even [[featherweight]]s, and knock them out.<ref name="BBC 90 years">{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6169785.stm | title=90 years on... | work=BBC Sport | author=Davies, Sean | date=2006-12-17 | access-date=2010-03-07}}</ref>