Jimmy Wilde , Banger or Boxer ?

Sorry i thought you were referring to my comments there JW.

 

Yes i am, i've got a book here, it might have been Johhny Rosner

 

No my fault, Rosner was an American but the bout was in Liverpool

 

No sorry, if you feel like telling me about him though i'm all for it.

 

Haha, there's a few Liverpudlian posters on here, maybe i'll ask them before getting some tracking down done!

Anyway i'm off to bed mate.

 

i agree with Janitor

 

He would be what I would term a "box-fighter", capable of boxing ,but more inclined to mix it, he came at you firing punches from all angles.
Not trying to dodge the question but Wilde was a composite fighter, not a stylist ,neither was he a slugger,he threw a lot of leather and all of it was heavy.

 

He was a boxer who had a taste for hunting and the ability to punch holes in you.

Composed, plenty of punch placement, but hands by the waist, lots of forward motion and pumpin' arms.

 

For me Joe Louis and Alexis Arguello are what i describe as 'box fighters', not to say you are wrong, just to point that out. Well schooled, technically proficient in some areas, but want to engage in an offensive natured battle.

 

Well, we all have our own take on things.
Did you know Wilde used to spar with his wife Elizabeth?
Wilde was beaten up by a gang of brave boys on a deserted railway station , he also had a serious car accident ,he never recovered from either experience and spent his last years ,in a hospital , senile .He died aged 76.