PRESERVED FROM FACEBOOK — 27 June 2024
Source: Boxing: The Sweet Science
Original link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/31064013088/posts/10160475052158089/
Posted by: Fishcamp Boxing
Archived: 20 October 2026 (logged-out public view; screenshot kept in the private raw archive)

"I have found it best to work only when you blooming well feel like it. When your bellows or your legs arent right they'll tell you. So, then what's the use of fooling yourself and wasting your time? When I need a bit of rest I take it, and when I feel like working I work. When I rest I build up."
- Jim Driscoll
James Driscoll (15 December 1880 – 30 January 1925), commonly known as Peerless Jim, was a Welsh boxer who learned his trade in the boxing ring and used it to fight his way out of poverty. Driscoll was British featherweight champion and won the coveted Lonsdale belt in 1910. He is a member of the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Growing up in poverty, Driscoll took employment while still a boy, becoming a printer's devil for the Evening Express in St. Mary Street in Cardiff.
Featherweight champion Abe Attell faced Driscoll in 1910; the Welshman dominated the fight, but with the "no decision" rule in place, without a KO he couldn't take the crown. Driscoll declined a rematch in order to attend an exhibition match in aid of the orphans of St. Nazareth House: "I never break a promise."
Driscoll never forgot his roots; According to the National Monuments Record for Wales, his first fight was in a barn in Great House Farm, Llandough. He was a faithful supporter of his church, remained close to his community, and had great affection for the Nazareth House Orphanage, for whom he once gave up the chance of becoming Featherweight Champion of the World.
Driscoll's boxing career was interrupted by World War I, where he was recruited as a physical training advisor, enlisting in 1914 in the Welsh Horse Yeomanry. In succeeding years, he continued to box despite failing health, relying on his skills to keep him out of trouble.
When he died in Cardiff of consumption at the age of 44, over 100,000 people lined the streets for his funeral. He is buried at Cathays Cemetery in Cardiff, Wales.

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Comments preserved (2; names shortened to first name and initial; 0 held back under the no-allegations rule):
- Simon F. (c. 2024-10): What a man
- Bruce L. (c. 2024-10): Great guy.

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