Yesterday’s Heroes: The night Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll produced a “wild, vicious, disappointing, disastrous duel”

Yesterday's Heroes: The night Freddie Welsh and Jim Driscoll produced a "wild, vicious, disappointing, disastrous duel"

By Miles Templeton BEFORE the First World War, Wales was a real force in international boxing. The game was, of course, dominated by America, but with Britain, France and Australia also producing world-class fighters, Wales more than held its own. The first three Lonsdale Belt holders were all from Wales, with Freddie Welsh winning the … Read more