34-604: Mighty Atom may refer to: People [ edit ] Sports [ edit ] Jimmy Wilde (1892–1969), Welsh boxer Sydney Wooderson (1914–2006), English athlete Joe Greenstein (1893–1977), Polish-American strongman Barbara Buttrick (born 1929), English female boxer Eileen Sheridan (1923–2023), English cyclist Other fields [ edit ] Mildred Albert (1905–1991), American fashion show producer and fashion personality Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017), British entertainer, known in his early career as Boy Bruce,
68-792: A 1936 burglary. He became a boxing referee, including in 1936 refereeing every bout of a boxing tournament at the Hastings Pier Pavilion. and he wrote an incisive weekly boxing column in the News of the World for nigh on two decades. In December 1936 he was injured after being thrown from his car when it collided with a van near Hampstead and suffered severe concussion. After the War Wilde lived in Cadoxton , Barry, South Wales. In 1960, Wilde suffered facial injuries after being mugged at
102-643: A fortune. On 18 June 1923 at the Polo Grounds in New York, Wilde was knocked out in the seventh round by his younger opponent. Villa became the Philippines ' first ever world champion. Wilde announced his retirement before returning to England, confirming his decision on 1 January 1924. In 1927, at the age of 35, Wilde was reportedly considering making a comeback, but after consulting a specialist in head trauma, never returned to competitive boxing. For
136-651: A series in that country. The club also has a very successful women's side the Tigresses who won the Welsh national women's cup in season 2005 to 2006 and were runners up in the national league. The women's side has provided many internationals to the Wales women's team. The club has also supplied an international and first class rugby coach in Lyn Howells. The village was also home to world boxing champion Jimmy Wilde ,
170-635: A series of fights and on 6 December 1919, lost to "Little" Jackie Sharkey in a controversial ten-round newspaper decision. According to the Milwaukee Journal (before a crowd close to 8,000 at the Auditorium in Milwaukee Wisconsin) Sharkey was considered to have won eight of the ten rounds according to the newspapermen at ringside. Sharkey's blows were said to land more frequently and with greater force. Sharkey's win
204-578: A train station in Cardiff . His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1967, and two years later Wilde, who was suffering from Diabetes and Dementia died at Whitchurch Hospital. He was buried alongside his Wife in Barry Cemetery. 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
238-705: A weakened Wilde was knocked out in the seventeenth round (of twenty). In 1915, Wilde was hospitalized, requiring an operation for "an internal complaint". After a sixteen-fight knockout streak, on 14 February 1916 he won the British flyweight title by beating Joe Symonds by a knockout in round twelve at the National Sporting Club in London. On 13 May, he had two fights on the same day at Woolwich barracks winning both by knockout, both fights combined lasted less than five rounds. On 26 June Wilde returned to
272-564: A while he ran a successful Cinema and cafe in Cardiff. Wilde published a ghost-written autobiography in 1938 entitled Fighting Was My Business. In the early 1930s Wilde's son David had a short career in professional boxing without any great success. He gave up boxing to run a hairdressers in north London. In the 1930s Wilde lived in Hocroft Court, Cricklewood , from where almost all of his boxing trophies and medals were stolen in
306-495: Is derived from BoxRec , unless otherwise stated. All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column. Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column. Tylorstown Tylorstown ( Welsh : Pendyrus ) is a village and community located in the Rhondda valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales. It
340-519: Is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau , Ferndale , Penrhys , Pontygwaith and Stanleytown . By the mid-19th century, the potential wealth of the South Wales Coalfield was unapparent to many, but provided great opportunities to those with the resources and knowledge to exploit it. London geologist Alfred Tylor came to the area and purchased the mineral rights from Pendyrus Farm in 1872. Tylor soon opened Pendyrys Colliery on
374-515: Is probably greatly exaggerated, but it was certainly more than the 152 shown in Boxrec and elsewhere. His officially listed debut was on 26 December 1910, when he fought Les Williams to a no-decision in three rounds. Managed by Teddy Lewis, (reserve captain of the local rugby club, Pontypridd RFC ) Wilde went undefeated in 103 bouts, all of which were held in Britain , a remarkable achievement. In
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#1732773316036408-613: The Beeching Axe which also limited the prospects of easy commuting to Cardiff . In December 2006, the Rhondda by-pass , also known as the Porth relief road, opened. It terminates at neighbouring Pontygwaith due to the topography of the Rhondda Fach, which is a narrow valley with steep sides and limited flat land on the valley floor. The new road cost £98 million, included the construction or replacement of 11 bridges, including
442-590: The Rheola Bridge . An engineering success, the road has done much to reduce traffic congestion and improve local economic prospects. The Welfare Hall was built in 1933 from red brick and stone in the French Baroque style. It is the last remaining miners' institute in the Rhondda Valley , and is now run as a community hub putting on shows, classes and a coffee shop by volunteers. In 2017 it
476-547: The "ghost with a hammer in his hand". Although located close to the border with Penrhys , there is a Bowling green in Tylorstown. The Green is located in Penrhys Park, situated near Tylorstown Rugby Club, and is home to Penrhys Park Bowls Club. The team is small yet competitive. Only one member of the club has ever represented Wales's outdoor international team, Trevor Humphreys, father of Gareth Humphreys . Gareth
510-668: 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. All information in this section
544-474: The ACTS Church. The Workingmens Club was a large building, which had sadly fallen into disrepair and was set alight by vandals in 2022, resulting in its demolition. The Diamond Jubilee Hotel is located at the bottom of Penrhys Road, having been a Pub , Hotel & Chinese restaurant . In 2007, a raid was carried out and a £1m a year Cannabis growing operation was discovered, believed to be one of
578-707: The Bantamweight title from Lynch in July 1921, leading some to suspect that he had left the title behind with Lynch in America intentionally. That was the fight that marked his return to Britain after touring the United States all of 1920. American promoter Tex Rickard (who promoted the Philippine sensation Pancho Villa) lured Wilde out of retirement with a promise of a £15,000 payday which was, at that time,
612-644: 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 bantamweights and even featherweights , and knock them out. Jimmy Wilde's birth certificate states that he was born in the Taff Bargoed Valley community of Pentwyn Deintyr ) (now known as the Graig), Quakers Yard , Treharris , Wales , in
646-488: The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales would see Tylorstown merged with neighbouring Ynyshir to form 'Tylorstown and Ynyshir'. The proposals would take effect from the 2022 council elections . Tylorstown has a rugby union team called Tylorstown Tigers . The club produced a British and Irish Lions rugby union player John Bevan who toured New Zealand in 1971 with the only Lions side to win
680-729: The Mighty Atom Albert Power (1870–1948), Irish priest, academic and author Film and television [ edit ] "The Mighty Atom" ( Thunderbirds ) , the 14th episode of the first season of the Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds Mighty Atom (TV series) , a 1959 Japanese Tokusatsu live action TV show The Mighty Atom , a 1958 animated short film featuring Reddy Kilowatt Other uses [ edit ] Mighty Atom (1988 video game) , published by Konami Mighty Atom (1994 video game) , published by Banpresto Mighty Atom ,
714-587: The National Sporting Club to take his revenge on Tancy Lee with an eleventh-round knockout. On 18 December, Wilde became the first World Flyweight Champion when he defeated Young Zulu Kid of the United States, knocking him out in the eleventh round of their bout at the Holborn Stadium. In late December 1916, after being rejected on two previous occasions due to an old leg problem from a colliery accident and for being underweight, Wilde
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#1732773316036748-756: 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 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
782-575: The age of sixteen in fairground boxing booths, where crowds were amazed by his toughness and ability to knock down much larger opponents, most of whom were local men weighing around 200 lbs. In 1910, Wilde married his wife Elizabeth and was a father the same year. He left Tylorstown Colliery in 1913. The record books often show that Wilde started boxing professionally in 1911, but it is widely assumed (and later confirmed by boxing analysts) that he had been fighting professionally for at least four years before that. His claim that he had at least 800 fights
816-475: The centre was removed to create a large Gym & fitness space. The Tylorstown electoral ward was coterminous with the borders of the Tylorstown community and elected two county councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council . Since 1995 representation had mainly been by the Labour Party but the ward had a Plaid Cymru councillor from 1999 to 2004. A 2018 review of electoral arrangements by
850-464: The county borough of Merthyr Tydfil . His parents later moved to the village of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley when Wilde was around 6 years old. In the 1901 census eight year old William James Wilde, his parents and his three sisters were all recorded as speaking only Welsh . His father was a coal miner and Jimmy later worked in the pits himself, being small enough to crawl through gullies impassable to most of his colleagues. He started boxing at
884-474: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Atom&oldid=1258389918 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jimmy Wilde William James Wilde (12 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He simultaneously held
918-424: The largest found in Wales at the time. As at 2024, the site remains in disrepair, following refusal of planning permission for a care home. The cemetery, situated halfway up the hill to Penrhys features a chapel built in 1884 by W.H. Jenkins and T.R. Phillips. The Rhondda Fach Sports Centre is located in Tylorstown, featuring a Gym , Squash Court & various other fitness facilities. The swimming pool in
952-464: The middle of that streak, on 31 December 1912, he won the British 7 stone championship by beating Billy Padden by an eighteenth-round knockout in Glasgow. He finally lost his undefeated record when he challenged Tancy Lee for the vacant British and Europe Flyweight Championship on 15 January 1915 in London. Ignoring his handlers advice to postpone the fight because he was suffering from Influenza ,
986-425: The original Japanese name for the manga comic series Astro Boy created by Osamu Tezuka Mighty Atom Records , a Welsh-based record label The Mighty Atom , a novel by Marie Corelli Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mighty Atom . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
1020-525: The site. The Colliery workers and their families were housed near the colliery on the former farmland, this area retained its name in Welsh (Pendyrus) but would come to be known as Tylor's Town in English. In January 1896, 57 miners were killed by an underground explosion in the Tylorstown pits, newly taken over by the Ferndale Colliery ; the blast was so powerful it blew the winding gear off
1054-530: The top of the pitshaft. Research on the causes of the fatalities in the Tylorstown disaster conducted by Prof John Scott Haldane was instrumental in the introduction of canaries to detect the presence of carbon monoxide in mines. The last working mine in the village closed in the 1960s setting off a long period of economic decline which worsened following the 1984–85 national miners' strike which resulted in pits in nearby locations such as Maerdy closing. The local passenger train line closed in 1964 following
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1088-459: Was accepted into the British Army and while never seeing active service, became a physical training instructor at Aldershot . In 1917, he retained the British title by beating George Clarke by a fourth round KO. He kept fighting and winning, and in 1919, he beat American bantamweight Joe Lynch who would later win the World bantamweight title. Wilde travelled to the United States for
1122-413: Was at least a minor upset as Wilde led in the early betting 2 to 1. In 1920, Wilde went undefeated in 10 fights, but lost by a knockout in 17 rounds to former World Bantamweight Champion Pete Herman , who outweighed him by more than a stone (14 pounds), in 1921. The bout was originally scheduled as a title defence, but Herman had lost his championship to Lynch the month before. Herman easily regained
1156-511: Was awarded £500,000 to renovate the building. The Holy Trinity Church, situated on a mound above the main road was built in 1882–3 by E.M. Bruce Vaughan. It features a five-light plate traceried west window and a stained glass window of Christ in Majesty made by monks of Prinknash Abbey in around 1980. There is a monument to Reverend John Rees who died in 1913. There is also a Conservative Club, which has been renovated and adapted into
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