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Tylorstown is a village and community located in the Rhondda valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Penrhys, Pontygwait
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Jimmy Wilde
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William James Wilde was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He simultaneously held the National Sporting Clubs British flyweight title and the World Flyweight championship from
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…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, 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…
Jimmy Wilde
William Howard Robinson: A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club, 31 March 1919. (The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, congratulates Jimmy Wilde.)
Pancho Villa (left) vs. Jimmy Wilde (right)