Editing Jimmy Wilde (section)

== Awards and recognition ==
With the longest unbeaten streak in boxing history, he went 103 fights before his first loss.   Wilde had a record of 139 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw and 5 no-contests, with an impressive 99 wins by knockout. [[Ring Magazine]], named him both the 3rd greatest puncher of all time, and the greatest flyweight of all time, and rated him as the 13th greatest fighter of the 20th century.

In 1990, he was elected to the inaugural class of the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] and in 1992, the [[Welsh Sports Hall of Fame]].

He was ranked as the top flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=461|title=IBRO Rankings|access-date=2012-02-12|archive-date=1 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201175255/http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=461|url-status=dead}}</ref>