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Jess Willard

2620 KOs
63 KOs
1Draws
No contest: 2
Last six: W-W-W-L-W-L
Career
division
Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
35
rounds
268
KO %
76.9%
KO wins
20
KO losses
3
career
1911–1923
debut
1911-02-15
last fight
1923-07-12
Profile
alias
Pottawatomie Giant
trainer
Walter Moynahan
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
6′ 7″ / 201cm
nationality
United States
origin
St.Clere, KS, USA
city / state / zip
Pottawatomie, Kansas
dob
1881-12-29
death
1968-12-15

Latest news

Boxing Biz: Erislandy Lara Vs. Jarrett Hurd, Anthony Joshua Ratings, Jess Willard
2018-04-07 · Forbes
His majority-decision defeat to Paul Williams in 2011 is one of the biggest boxing robberies of the past several years, and his split-decision loss to Canelo Alvarez in 2014 could have gone to Lara instead. He's the longest-reigning junior middleweight…
Boxing's Greats of the States | Kansas: Jess Willard
2016-05-06 · Sherdog.com (blog)
Boxers come from every corner of the globe. Sometimes, fighters are products of their environment, favoring styles prevalent in the country or state from which they hail. Various regions of the United States are considered factories for great fighters…
TODAY IN HISTORY
2005-04-05 · Taiwan Headlines,Taiwan
1915: Jack Johnson, the first black world heavyweight boxing champion, losses his title to the Great White Hope Jess Willard.…
Kings Of The Ring
2005-03-27 · New Haven Register
In preparation for his now famous fight against world heavyweight champion Jess Willard in 1919, Jack Dempsey embarked on a tour through the eastern United States.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jul 12
Luis Firpo
21 2 0
L-KO
Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
8 of 12 · 242 / 214 lbs · 1:55
Referee: Harry Lewis
Event →
May 12
Floyd Johnson
30 2 8
W-TKO
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States
11 of 15 · 248 / 195 lbs
Judges: Patsy Haley
Referee: Jack Appell
Event →
Jul 4
Jack Dempsey
58 4 11
L-RTD
Bay View Park Arena, Toledo, Ohio, USA
World Heavyweight Title
3 of 12 · 245 / 188 lbs
Judges: Tex Rickard | Anthony Drexel Biddle
Referee: Ollie Pecord
Event →
Sep 12
Sailor Burke
33 19 3
W-PTS
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Mar 25
Frank Moran
27 11 7
W-NWS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
World Heavyweight Title
10 of 10 · 260 / 211 lbs
Referee: Charlie White
Event →
Apr 5
Jack Johnson
54 5 10
W-KO
Oriental Park, Havana, Cuba
World Heavyweight Title
26 of 45 · 239 / 225 lbs · 1:26
Referee: Jack Welch
Event →
Apr 28
George Rodel
25 10 3
W-KO
Orpheum Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
6 of 10
Event →
Apr 13
Dan Daily
14 3 1
W-KO
Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, United States
9 of 10 · 236 / 207 lbs
Event →
Mar 27
Tom McMahon
30 16 8
L-NWS
Opera House, Youngstown, Ohio, United States
12 of 12 · 175 lbs
Event →
Dec 29
George Rodel
22 8 3
W-KO
Casino, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
9 of 20 · 225 / 190 lbs
Event →
Dec 12
George Davis
14 3 3
W-KO
Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, United States
2 of 10 · 233 / 190 lbs
Event →
Dec 3
Carl Morris
23 5 1
W-NWS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 236 / 234 lbs
Referee: Billy Joh
Event →
Nov 24
Jack Reed
3 12 0
W-KO
Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
2
Event →
Nov 17
George Rodel
19 8 3
?-ND
Southside A.A., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
10 of 10
Referee: George Duffy
Event →
Aug 22
William Young
1 2 0
W-KO
Vernon, California, United States
11 of 20
Referee: Charles Eyton
Event →
Jul 4
Al Williams
1 7 0
W-TKO
Moana Springs Arena, Reno, Nevada, United States
8 of 10 · 225 / 205 lbs
Referee: Charles Murray
Event →
Jun 27
Charley Miller
15 8 7
D-PTS
San Francisco, California, United States
4 of 4
Event →
May 20
Gunboat Smith
39 8 5
L-PTS
Coffroth's Arena, Colma, California, United States
20 of 20 · 230 / 180 lbs
Event →
Mar 5
Jack Leon
1 1 0
W-KO
Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
4 of 10
Event →
Jan 22
Frank Bauer
0 0 0
W-KO
Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
5 of 10
Referee: Eddie Santry
Event →
Dec 27
Soldier Kearns
19 3 0
W-KO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
8 of 10 · 221 / 196 lbs
Referee: Billy Joh
Event →
Dec 2
Sailor White
14 13 1
W-KO
Miller's Hall, Buffalo, New York, United States
1 · 214 / 200 lbs
Event →
Aug 19
Luther McCarty
12 3 1
?-ND
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 224 / 203 lbs
Event →
Jul 29
Arthur Pelkey
14 2 3
W-NWS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
10 of 10 · 224 / 204 lbs
Event →
Jul 2
William Young
1 1 0
W-KO
South Chicago, Illinois, United States
5
Event →
Jun 29
Frank Bowers
0 0 0
W-KO
Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
3
Event →
May 22
William Young
1 0 0
W-KO
Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
6 of 10
Event →
Oct 9
Joe Cox
1 3 0
L-TKO
Springfield A.C., Springfield, Missouri, United States
5 of 10
Event →
Aug 10
Mike McKimminsky
0 0 0
W-PTS
Hammon, Oklahoma, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Jul 4
Frank Lyons
0 0 0
W-PTS
Elk City, Oklahoma, United States
10 of 10
Event →
May 15
William Schiller
0 4 0
W-KO
Outdoor Arena, near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
4 of 15
Event →
Apr 14
Al Mandino
0 1 0
W-KO
Benevolent A.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
4
Event →
Mar 24
Louis Fink
1 0 0
W-KO
Benevolent A.A., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
3 · 1:33
Event →
Mar 7
Ed Burke
0 0 0
W-KO
El Reno, Oklahoma, United States
3 of 15
Event →
Feb 15
Louis Fink
0 0 0
L-DQ
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States
10 of 15
Referee: Al Venn
Event →