Jim Driscoll Memorial Statue 1997 Philip Blacker Cardiff Featherweight boxer Jim Driscoll had a celebrated Welsh, British and European career before journeying to America to contest the world featherweight championship. At the end of hiss American adventure in 1909 "Peerless" was the only title he was to return to Wales with after declining to fight an official contest with champion Abe Attell to appear at a charity event at Nasareth House orphanage in Cardiff. Of the 69 fights during his career he lost 3 and won 52, the rest ending in draws. He fought and lost his final fight with Frenchman Charles Ledoux. He died in Januiary 1925 at the Duke of Edinburgh public house not far from his birth place. The artist Philip Blacker used a highly successful one man show to launch his career as a full time sculptor. The Jim Driscoll sculpture seeks to capture the physical presence of the fighter whilst providing a lasting tribute to his achievements and generous spirit. The work is one and a quarter life size. The stance is taken from a photograph displayed in the Royal Oak Publishing House in Cardiff showing Driscoll wearing his Lonsdale belt.