Sport: Boxing
Boxing
Howard Winstone
Howard Winstone became World featherweight champion in 1968, 10 years after striking gold for Wales as an amateur at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. He took the British featherweight title…
Boxing
Freddie Welsh
A full biography of Freddie Welsh will appear here shortly.
Boxing
Jimmy Wilde
Universally acknowledged as the first world champion of the flyweight division, and arguably the greatest 8 stone title-holder of them all, Jimmy Wilde was nicknamed the 'Ghost with a Hammer…
Boxing
Eddie Thomas
A full biography of Eddie Thomas will appear here shortly.
Boxing
Jack Petersen
As the hype raged ahead of the all-British world title re-match between super middleweights Carl Froch and George Groves at Wembley Stadium in 2014, the attendance reached 80,000 fight fans.…
Boxing
Jim Driscoll
Jim ‘Peerless’ Driscoll fought American Abe Attell for the World Featherweight crown in 1910 and, even though he didn’t return home with the title, remains one of Wales’ greatest boxers.…
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Athletics
'Famous Five' honoured on another special 'Roll of Honour' night
Iwan Thomas was one of five famous Welsh sportsmen and women to be inducted onto the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame’s exclusive ‘Roll of Honour’ at their 33rd annual dinner at The Parkgate Hotel, Cardiff on…
Hall of Fame
2024 Welsh Sport Hall of Fame - Book your Tickets now !
On Thursday 24th October 2024, the Welsh National Charity will host the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Annual Roll of Honour Dinner at the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff. Join us…
Hall of Fame
Roll of Honour 2023
THREE WELSH SPORTING CENTURIONS HONOURED BY WELSH SPORTS HALL OF FAME Three of Wales' most capped sports stars were among four new inductees onto the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame's…
Hall of Fame
Book your Tickets today!
On Thursday 14 September 2023, the Welsh National Charity will host the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Annual Roll of Honour Dinner at Cardiff City Stadium. Join us for our…
Hall of Fame
Save the date!
We’re pleased to let you know that the we have booked the 32nd Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Annual Awards Dinner on the evening of Thursday 14th September 2023 at the…
Hall of Fame
Roll of Honour 2022
[caption id="attachment_1049" align="alignnone" width="786"] 20.09.22 - Welsh Sport Hall of Fame Awards[/caption] On Tuesday 20th September 2022, we welcomed some of the greatest sporting names Wales has to offer…