Jimmy Wilde is prominent in any discussion of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all time
Wilde poses in his robe before a fight
1921: Wilde chooses to retire having suffered a heavy defeat against Pete Herman, the ex-champion enjoying home life with his wife and children
Wilde made an unwise return from retirement in 1923 against the great Pancho Villa, who stopped him with a brutal seventh-round knock-out in New York's Polo Grounds
Pictured c.1935, Wilde (right) shares his boxing stories with Scottish world champion Benny Lynch
Wilde presents the awards at a darts evening
Wilde passes on his ring experience to his son, David, in the gymnasium
David Wilde, pictured with his wife, chose to open a hairdresser's shop named after his father in Edgware, Middlesex
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