Jess Willard |
BORN : December
29 1881; St. Clere, KS HEIGHT : 6-5
(most sources report 6-6 1/4) Record: 23-6-1
(21 KO's) |
1911--- -- Unknown Opponent Ok Exh L 3 --- -- Unknown Opponent Ok Exh W 6 Feb 8 Billy Evart Ok Exh 4 Feb 8 Frank Mayo Ok Exh 5 Feb 15 Louis Fink Sapulpa, Ok LF 10 Mar 7 Ed Burke El Reno, Ok KO 3 Mar 28 Louis Fink Oklahoma City, Ok KO 3 Apr 14 Al Mendeno Oklahoma City, Ok KO 4 Apr 29 Joe Cavanaugh Oklahoma City, Ok KO 11 Jun 8 Bill Shiller Oklahoma City, Ok KO 4 Jul 4 Frank Lyons Elk City, Ok W 10 Jul 16 Mike Comiskey Hammond, Ok W 10 Oct 11 Joe Cox Springfield, Mo L 5 Oct -- Victor McLaglen Springfield, Mo Exh1912May 23 John Young Fort Wayne, In KO 6 Jun 29 Frank Bowers St. Charles, Il KO 3 Jul 2 John Young South Chicago, Il KO 5 Jul 29 Arthur Pelkey New York, NY ND 10 Aug 19 Luther McCarty New York, NY ND 10 Dec 2 "Sailor" Charles White Buffalo, NY KO 1 Dec 27 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns New York, NY KO 81913Jan 22 Frank Bauer Fort Wayne, In KO 5 Mar 5 Jack Leon Fort Wayne, In KO 4 May 20 Ed "Gunboat" Smith San Francisco, Ca L 20 Jun 27 Charlie Miller San Francisco, Ca D 4 Jul 4 Al Williams Reno, Nv TK 8 Aug 22 William "Bull" Young Vernon, Ca KO 11 -Young died from broken neck received in the fight Nov 17 George "Boer" Rodel Milwaukee, Wi LK 10 Nov 24 Jack Reed Fort Wayne, In KO 2 Dec 3 Carl Morris New York, NY ND 10 Dec 12 George "one-round" Davis Buffalo, NY KO 2 Dec 29 George "Boer" Rodel New Haven, Ct KO 91914Mar 27 Tom "Bearcat" McMahon Youngstown, Oh L 12 Apr 13 Dan Daily Buffalo, NY KO 9 Apr 28 George "Boer" Rodel Atlanta, Ga KO 61915Feb 24 "Sailor" Jack Carroll Kansas City, Mo EX 3 Apr 5 Jack Johnson Havana, Cu (1:26) KO 26 -Heavyweight Championship of the World; Weights: 230 - 205 1/2 Apr 10 Walter Monahan Philadelphia, Pa EX 3 --- Hugh Walker EX 3 May 14 Fred Fulton Rochester, Mn EX 41916Mar 25 Frank Moran New York, NY ND 10 -Heavyweight Championship of the World; Weights: 225 - 203 Aug 8 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns Plattsburg, NY EX 2 Sep 12 Sailor Burke Bridgeport, Ct W 61918Jul 4 Jim Golden Fort Riley, Ks EX 10 Jul 18 Tim Logan Chester, Pa EX 101919Jul 4 Jack Dempsey Toledo, Oh LT 3 -Heavyweight Championship of the World; Weights: 245 - 1871922Nov 15 Tom Kennedy Los Angeles, Ca EX 2 Nov 15 Joe Bonds Los Angeles, Ca EX 2 Dec 20 Scotty Messer Milwaukee, Or EX 2 Dec 20 Tom Barnson Milwaukee, Or EX 2 Dec 28 Frank Farmer Yakima, Wa EX 3 Dec 28 Alden Schumacher Yakima, Wa EX 31923Feb 19 Harry Drake Detroit, Mi EX 4 May 12 Floyd Johnson New York, NY KO 11 Jul 12 Luis Angel Firpo Jersey City, NJ LK 8 --- Nick Newman Atchison, Ks EX 61926--- Jimmy O'Gatty New York, NY EX 3
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