Ginger Jones

Bryn "Ginger" Jones (1905 – December 1986) was a professional boxer from Wales. Born in Ferndale, but later based in Ammanford, Jones was notable for becoming the Welsh featherweight champion in 1929.

Personal history Jones was born to William Evan and Jane Jones in Ferndale in the industrial coal mining area of the Rhondda Valleys. His father was a collier who was also known in the area as a mountain fighter; while his mother was a housewife who looked after a large family of 12 children.

Boxing career Jones fought from a young age, with his father converting a downstairs room in their terraced house in New St into a gym. Two of his elder brothers were notable boxers, Harold, a bantamweight fought unsuccessfully for the British bantamweight title in 1920, while William Evan was a 1914 Army champion. Jones chose to turn professional in 1924 at the age of 19, because 'Money was short'. He had no official amateur experience, and he relied on his family's training when he started his professional training first with Will Pearson in Ferndale and the later Dai Lodwick. Vaughan attended Jones' next contest, against Reggie Jones at Pontypridd on 18 January, and after the fight he signed Jones up. Their third contest was held at the British Legion Hall in Pentre and was scheduled for fifteen rounds. The match went the distance, with F.R. Hill of Boxing newspaper giving the early rounds to Evans, but with Jones taking control in the later stages.