Freddie Welsh was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd, Wales, nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a working-class background to make a name for himself in America. He turned professional as a boxer in Philadelphia in 1905, and spent the best part of his career fighting in the United States.
Freddie Welsh
Young Erne, who faced Welsh twice, firstly in Philadelphia in 1906
Packey McFarland fought Welsh three times, twice in 1908
Freddie Welsh at docks, incorrectly labelled as 1910
Pontypridd is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.
Image: The Old Bridge, Pontypridd
Image: St. David's Foundation Hospice Care charity shop, Pontypridd geograph.org.uk 3437751
Image: Evan James and James James Statue (Close Up), Ynysangharad Park geograph.org.uk 421725
The drinking fountain in Taff St, Pontypridd, donated in 1895 by Sir Alfred Thomas, MP for East Glamorgan