The great fight at the National Sporting Club between Joe Lynch, of America (on left of picture), and Jimmy Wilde, of Wales, which was won by the latter on points. No boxing contest of modern, times has caused more controversy than the Lynch – Wilde fight, in which opinion was fairly evenly divided as to who was entitled to the verdict. The battle was fought at a terrific pace, and many consider the Welshman by a fine rally in the final round just managed to secure the verdict over a man whom he had beaten by a very small margin of points. PRINCE ALBERT speaking from the side of the ring at the National Sporting Club, London, on the occasion of the keenly-fought 15-round boxing contest between Jimmy Wilde, of Wales, fly-weight champion of the world, and Joe Lynch, United States Army, for stakes and purse valued at £2400, in which the former won the decision •on points after the hardest fight of his career. The Prince of Wales also attended the contest, and after the fight was over addressed the great company from the ring, and congratulated the rival boxers on their grit.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1521, 19 June 1919, Page 10

The great fight at the National Sporting Club between Joe Lynch, of America (on left of picture), and Jimmy Wilde, of Wales, which was won by the latter on points. No boxing contest of modern, times has caused more controversy than the Lynch - Wilde fight, in which opinion was fairly evenly divided as to who was entitled to the verdict. The battle was fought at a terrific pace, and many consider the Welshman by a fine rally in the final round just managed to secure the verdict over a man whom he had beaten by a very small margin of points.

PRINCE ALBERT speaking from the side of the ring at the National Sporting Club, London, on the occasion of the keenly-fought 15-round boxing contest between Jimmy Wilde, of Wales, fly-weight champion of the world, and Joe Lynch, United States Army, for stakes and purse valued at £2400, in which the former won the decision •on points after the hardest fight of his career. The Prince of Wales also attended the contest, and after the fight was over addressed the great company from the ring, and congratulated the rival boxers on their grit.