Written by johnhead.

Barry Jones, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Ely, Barry, Cardiff)

Barry Jones

World Boxing Champion

Connection: Barry was world super-featherweight boxing champion in 1997. Born in 1974 in Ely, Cardiff. Plus only Welsh boxer to ever win a Silver Medal in European Junior Championships

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comment by:johnhead
Never lost his world title in ring, was stripped on medical grounds

Cardiff