Peerless Jim Driscoll statue in Cardiff
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Peerless Jim Driscoll statue in Cardiff
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 20 Oct 2013
Located in front of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bute Terrace. The statue is the work of Philip Blacker. The text on the front of the plinth is PEERLESS JIM DRISCOLL 1880-1925 BORN AND DIED IN THE NEWTOWN AREA OF CARDIFF. Jim Driscoll was British featherweight boxing champion and won the coveted Lonsdale Belt in 1910. The Peerless epithet was given him by his North American fans. In Cardiff he was most often referred to as The Prince of Wales. When he died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 44, more than 100,000 people lined the streets of Cardiff for his funeral. The statue was erected here in 1997 near the site of the Central Boys' Club, where he trained.
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