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Profile:
Glyn David was
born in Caerau in 1929, son of a
Blacksmith, Glyn started work at
age 14 as an apprentice blacksmith
and soon after commenced his
amateur boxing career. For his very
first amateur fight (3 fights on the
same night) Glyn left home early
for work as usual, but hiding his
boxing kit away from the attentions
of his Mother who was not in favor
of her son fighting. However,
having won his first (3) fight’s
that evening, he quietly returned
home without his Mother knowing he
had notched up the first of many
fight victories !
His first success
was the Welsh Youth Amateur
Championship – in 1946, fighting and
winning three bouts on the night to
gain it. He then turned professional
at age 16, having his first fight at
the Judges Hall Trealaw. Earning a
wage of ten shillings a week as an
apprentice, for his first
professional fight he earned a purse
of £2-10 shillings ! five weeks
wages on one night !
Glyn joined the
Army at 18 years of age (national
service) and became a PT instructor,
but continuing his professional
boxing.
Glyn won the
Welsh Fly-Weight Title in 1950,
beating George Sutton in a 15 round
contest at Porthcawl. During this
time Glyn worked at Glyncorrwg
Colliery as general blacksmith.
Glyn did not have
a “nickname” whilst fighting but
soon acquired a reputation that
preceded him into every boxing ring,
as a fighter with lightening speed &
punch, a style similar to that of
Champion Harry Greb..
Glyn fought
(Scot) Norman Tennant three times,
on each grueling occasion the crowd
witnessed both men fighting to near
exhaustion going the full 15
rounds.
Champion Blacksmith :
Upon retiring
from boxing, Glyn continued to have
later success in the Horse Shoeing
world, as a competing farrier
blacksmith in many Horticultural
Shows. His biggest success was in
1967, winning the Shoeing
Championship of Great Britain,
beating the Queen’s champion for the
title in Stoneleigh Warwickshire.
In the early
1970’s he began a career judging
Horse-shoeing contests all over the
world. He has judged shows at the
Royal Welsh, Great Yorkshire, Royal
Stoneleigh and at Salt Lake
City-Utah, Houston-Texas, Montana
and the Calgary Stampede in Canada.
Ronald Jenkins
November 2008
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Welsh Flyweight Champion
