Autographs of 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 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 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 the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil. His parents later moved to the village of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley when Wilde was around six 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 the age of 16 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.
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Traded items with a signature of Jimmy Wilde
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Wilde (Jimmy Wilde Autograph) was sold in May 2025 for £9,508.00 while the cheapest item (BOXING PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY JIMMY WILDE) found a new owner for £2.99 in April 2018. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2018 with an average selling price of £15.99 for an autographed item of Jimmy Wilde. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with £148.53 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.99 was April 2017. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Wilde is worth £35.28.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jimmy Wilde were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | EARLY JIMMY WILDE BOXER SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE VG 1930 s ? BOXED 1911 - 1923 | £15.99 |  |
| FRAMED BOXER JIMMY WILDE AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTO | £49.99 | |
| JIMMY WILDE - FLYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BOXER - AUTOGRAPH | £107.99 | |
| JIMMY WILDE (HAND SIGNED) Boxing Photo Showcard Boxing Memorabilia, | £34.57 | |
| JIMMY WILDE (HAND SIGNED) Boxing Photo Showcard Boxing Memorabilia, | £41.00 | |
| JIMMY WILDE BOXER + 1 UNKNOWN SIGNED AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE 1930 S FOUGHT 1916 - 23 | £24.99 | |
| Jimmy Wilde Hand Signed Autograph | £100.00 | |
| Jimmy Wilde Original Ink Autograph And Picture | £50.00 | |
| JIMMY WILDE SIGNED Photo Postcard - Very Rare Boxing AUTOGRAPH RPPC Fight Pose | £148.53 | |
| Jimmy Wilde Welsh Flyweight World Champion Boxer - Boxing Autograph | £24.95 | |
| JIMMY WILDE WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION 1911-1923 WALES BOXING GREAT AUTOGRAPH | £7.50 | |
 | Jimmy Wilde.Signed 1st Edition 1938. Fighting Was My Business. (Joseph) | £100.00 | |
| Rare Signed 1930s Boxing Postcard: Jimmy Wilde Flyweight Champion Autograph Card | £53.92 | |
| Rare Vintage Boxing Promo Photo Signed - Jimmy Wilde | £44.72 | |
| Vintage 1922 Jimmy Wilde Autographed Album Page Boxing World Champ HOF Flyweight | £79.26 | |
