Peerless Jim Driscoll
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Peerless Jim Driscoll
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 24 May 2021
James Driscoll, 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. This statue by Philip Blacker stands by the Radisson Blu hotel in Bute Street.
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