Percy Jones (26 December 1892 – 25 December 1922) was a

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who competed from 1911 to 1916. He became the first Welshman to win a World championship when he took the IBU

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title from

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in 1914. The IBU later became the EBU and that is why the achievement was taken into context when comparing fighters of the same era. Jones also took the

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and European flyweight titles from Ladbury in the same match. He has been voted number 6 in a

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History

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Haines, Chris (2008)
Boxing: Percy Jones was a real knockout
, Wales Online, 10 July 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2017

Prior, Neil (2014)
Percy Jones' 1914 title began century of Wales' boxing wins
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, 25 January 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2017

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He lost to Eugene Criqui in his next (non-title) fight, but beat the Frenchman on points in April in a defence of his European title. In his next non-title bout, he was knocked out Symonds in the eighteenth round of twenty. He was forced to relinquish the British and World titles after failing to make the weight in two title fights. He lost to

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in October 1914 in what should have been a British title fight, prompting a move up to

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. His last professional contest was a fifth-round KO of Ladbury in October 1915, although he competed in an army contest the following year.

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interrupted his boxing career with Jones enlisting in the Glamorgan Bantam Battalion of the Welsh Army Service Corps on 2 January 1915. He was serving as a sergeant at

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in the

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when he was badly wounded in the leg in 1916. After almost 30 operations to save the leg it was eventually amputated in 1918. Jones was also badly affected by

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. His weight dropped to a little over 4 stone, and he died of

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in 1922 on Christmas Day, one day short of his 30th birthday.

Fight record

Jones is recorded on Boxrec.com as having 56 professional fights, with 50 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws.

Professional boxing record

References

Sources

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johnnyowen.com

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