2-547-237 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Jim Driscoll, Welsh boxer, (1938). Known as 'Peerless Jim', Driscoll (1880-1925) fought predominantly at featherweight, fighting 66 times as a professional, with 57 wins, 3 defeats and 6 draws. In 1906 he won the British featherweight title, to which he added the British Empire belt in 1908 and the European in 1912. After his death, aged 44, from tuberculosis, 100,000 people lined the streets of Cardiff for his funeral. He is pictured wearing his Lonsdale Belt, which he won in 1910. A Churchman's Cigarettes picture card.