Harry Wills

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Harry Wills boxer
Harry Willis 1916.jpg
Data
Birth Name Harry Wills
Weight class Heavyweight
nationality US-american
birthday May 15, 1889
place of birth New Orleans
Date of death December 21, 1958
Place of death new York
style Left delivery
size 1.91 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 108
Victories 87
Knockout victories 54
Defeats 10
draw 6th
No value 5

Harry Wills (born May 15, 1889 in New Orleans , † December 21, 1958 in New York ) was an American heavyweight boxer .

He was about 100 kg heavy and so good that the much smaller champion Jack Dempsey didn’t take on him. (See Peter Jackson (boxer) )

Wills defeated Sam Langford , also a dangerous African American who did not get a title fight, and the Argentine Dempsey challenger Luis Firpo several times .

At the end of his career some whites dared to compete against him and he was defeated by Jack Sharkey and Paolino Uzcudun .

In 1992 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

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personal data
SURNAME Wills, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Black Panther, the (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1958
Place of death new York