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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Tom Jones, Freddie Welsh, Lostprophets, William Price, Richard Parks, David Roberts, Geraint Evans, Neil Jenkins, Ian Watkins, Tom David, Merlyn Rees, Frank Moody, Glyn Davies, Owain Warlow, Denis John Boocker, Chris Slade, Martyn Williams, Iorrie Isaacs, Phil Campbell, Michael Owen, Tom Arthur, Stuart Burrows, Tommy Scourfield, Percy Jones, Mike Lewis, Terry Evans, Keith Cooper, Cor Meibion Pontypridd, Francis Kitto, Charlie Pugh, John Gwilliam, Russell Robins, Darren Morris, Desmond Brayley, Baron Brayley, George Dobson, Kimberley Nixon, Pat Mountain, Kevin Morgan, Ceri Sweeney, Geraint Todd, Bob Jones, Richard Haig, Courtney Meredith, Jack Martin, Vince Griffiths, Danny Canning, Gareth Wyatt, Jon Owen Jones, Robert Bye, Mark Lewis, Maldwyn James, Colin Gale, Haydn Dackins, Meic Stephens, Wendy Albiston, Iris Williams, Evan James, Mark Wool, Patricia Clarke, Lee Jarvis, James James, Rob Hartill, Ceri Hughes, Ray Cheney, Bernard Hedges, Sheila Laxon, Jevon Groves, Tom Riley, John Evans, Paul John, Nicola Reynolds, Geraint Lewis, Jackie Hughes, Matthew Nuthall. Excerpt: Freddie Welsh (5 March 1886 - 29 July 1927) was a Welsh lightweight boxing champion. Born in Pontypridd, Wales, and christened Frederick Hall Thomas, he was nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard." Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a middle-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, leaving many in Britain to incorrectly believe he was an exponent of an ungentlemanly style of American boxing. Welsh spent much of his career chasing the World Championship title, held in turn by Battling Nelson, Ad Wolgast and Willie Ritchie, failing through a series of events to meet each until a successful encounter with Ri...
