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    Freddie Welsh (born Frederick Hall Thomas; 5 March 1886 – 29 July 1927) was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd...
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    Johnny Dundee in the featherweight division; Ad Wolgast, Willie Ritchie, Freddie Welsh, Benny Leonard and Rocky Kansas in the lightweight division; and Jack...
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  • PERCY (1891–1922), boxer | Dictionary of Welsh Biography". biography.wales. Retrieved 4 June 2022. "Freddie Welsh wins fight to become Light-Weight Champion...
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    champion Freddie Welsh in one bout and drew with him in another. He also defeated old foe Britt in another bout that year. In 1910 he met Welsh again for...
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    A boxing match in 1914 between Freddie Welsh and Joe Rivers in Vernon, California...
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  • first shot at Freddie Welsh, failing to unseat the world lightweight champion in a May 1915 fight, which the newspapers awarded to Welsh. On August 14...
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    Jim Driscoll (category Welsh male boxers)
    for an eagerly-anticipated fight against Freddie Welsh. The match was a disappointment, though, as Welsh's spoiling tactics upset Driscoll's style. By...
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    regarding the holding of the belt, which ensured its lasting prestige. Freddie Welsh earned the first Lonsdale Belt in 1909 after winning the NSC British...
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  • Leonard, widely regarded as the greatest-ever lightweight, defeats Freddie Welsh at New York to win the World Lightweight Championship, which he holds...
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  • leader Emilio Villalba Welsh (1906–1992), Argentine screenwriter Freddie Welsh, Welsh World Lightweight boxing champion George Welsh (disambiguation), several...
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  • of Welsh people (Welsh: rhestr Cymry); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales. Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation...
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  • until 1917. 7 July — Freddie Welsh defeats Willie Ritchie over 20 rounds in London to win the World Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until...
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    Maccarinelli, Freddie Welsh, Howard Winstone, Percy Jones, Jimmy Wilde, Steve Robinson and Robbie Regan. Welsh cuisine is internationally renowned; Welsh lamb...
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    William A. Brady (1998) Umberto Branchini (2004) Teddy Brenner (1993) Freddie Brown (2021) Amilcar Brusa (2007) Michael Buffer (2012) Bill Cayton (2005)...
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  • figure in Welsh folklore Freddie Welsh, boxer Howard Winstone, boxer Joe Cordina, boxer Aberavon RFC (est. 1876), rugby union club termed "The Welsh Wizards"...
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  • November 1912 7 July 1914 Willie Ritchie Universal 7 July 1914 28 May 1917 Freddie Welsh Universal 28 May 1917 15 January 1925 Benny Leonard Universal Following...
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    Lightweight boxer. He is notable for his EBU lightweight challenge against Freddie Welsh, winning the French welterweight belt in 1912. He died in the boxing...
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  • Freddie Thomas (born 9 November 2001) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a lock or back row for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the...
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    ISBN 9780838750865. Gallimore, Andrew (2006). Occupation: Prizefighter The Freddie Welsh Story. Bridgend: Seren. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-85411-395-5. Davis, Hilary...
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    and opposed the vegetarian diet of rival lightweight boxing champion Freddie Welsh. He turned professional in 1906, and on February 22, 1910 he won the...
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  • Championship – Ted "Kid" Lewis → Jack Britton World Lightweight Championship – Freddie Welsh World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane World Bantamweight...
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  • Zone. Retrieved 11 February 2022. Hitchinson, Clare (10 September 2009). "Welsh boxer Howard Winstone inducted into World Boxing Council's Hall of Fame"...
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  • y Plant Boxing 23 August – Freddie Welsh wins the European lightweight title (at Mountain Ash). 8 November – Freddie Welsh wins the British lightweight...
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  • from Tylorstown, and Pontypridd's own Freddie Welsh and Frank Moody. All these boxers fought with a particular 'Welsh' stance, upright, and using a combination...
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  • Daniel Jones} Fred Jones (wide receiver) (born 1967) Freddie Jones (American football) (Freddie Ray Jones Jr., born 1974), tight end Fred Jones (linebacker...
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    Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, California, U.S. 89 Loss 50–5–15 (19) Freddie Welsh PTS 15 Nov 25, 1908 Jeffries' Arena, Vernon, California, U.S. 88 Draw...
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    1914, he sailed to London to face the British lightweight champion, Freddie Welsh. Welsh won the 20-round match by decision. After losing his title, Ritchie...
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    February 1911, at the National Sporting Club in London he defeated Freddie Welsh in a twenty-round bout to win the lightweight championship of Great...
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    Pontypridd (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
    footballer Freddie Welsh (1886–1927), world champion boxer Martyn Williams (born 1975) Welsh international rugby player Gareth Wyatt (born 1977) Welsh international...
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  • 23 November 1908 2 Freddie Welsh 8 November 1909 – 27 February 1911 1 Matt Wells 27 February 1911 – 11 November 1912 1 Freddie Welsh 11 November 1912 –...
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