Record details

Jess Willard

"The Pottawatomie Giant"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, Pottawatomie, Kansas
Born: December 29, 1881, St Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Died: December 15, 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 6ft 6 1/4in, mt 1,97 1/2
Weight: 225, 250 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record


1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 15	Louis Fink	Sapulpa, USA	LDQ 10
+ Mar. 7	Ed Burke	El Reno, USA	KO 3
+ Mar. 28	Louis Fink	Oklahoma City, USA	KO 3
+ Apr. 14	Al Mendeno	Oklahoma City, USA	KO 4
+ Apr. 29	Joe Cavanaugh	Oklahoma City, USA	KO 11
+ June 8	William Schiller	Oklahoma City, USA	KO 4
+ July 4	Frank Lyons	Elk City, USA	W 10
+ July 16	Mike Comiskey	Hammond, USA	W 10
^ Sept. 26	Victor McLaglen	Springfield, USA	Exh 4
- Oct. 9	Joe Cox	Springfield, USA	TKO by 5

1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 22	John Young	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 6
+ June 29	Frank Bowers	Saint Charles, USA	KO 3
+ July 2	John Young	South Chicago, USA	KO 5
* July 29	Arthur Pelkey	New York, USA	ND 10
* Aug. 19	Luther McCarty	New York, USA	ND 10
+ Dec. 2	Sailor White	Buffalo, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 27	Soldier Kearns	New York, USA	KO 8

1913
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Frank Bauer	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 5
+ Mar. 5	Jack Leon	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 4
- May 20	Gunboat Smith	Colma, USA	L 20
= June 27	Charley Miller	San Francisco, USA	Draw 4
+ July 4	Al Williams	Reno, USA	TKO 8
+ Aug. 22	William Bull Young	Vernon, USA	KO 11
* Nov. 17	George Boer Rodel	Milwaukee, USA	ND 10
+ Nov. 24	Jack Reed	Fort Wayne, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 3	Carl Morris	New York, USA	KO 10
+ Dec. 12	George Davis	Buffalo, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 29	George Boer Rodel	New Haven, USA	KO 9

1914
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 27	Tom Bearcat McMahon	Youngstown, USA	L 12
+ Apr. 13	Dan Dailey	Buffalo, USA	KO 9
+ Apr. 28	George Boer Rodel	Atlanta, USA	KO 6

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 5	Jack Johnson	Havana, Cuba	KO 26
(Won World Heavyweight Title)

1916
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 25	Frank Moran	New York, USA	W 10
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
^ Aug. 8	Soldier Kearns	Plattsberg, USA	Exh 2


1917 Inactive

1918
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ July 4	Jim Golden	Ft Riley, USA	Exh 10
^ July 18	Tim Logan	Chester, USA	Exh 10

1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 4	Jack Dempsey	Toledo, USA	TKO by 3
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)


1920-1922 Inactive

1923
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 12	Floyd Johnson	Bronx, USA	TKO 11
- July 12	Luis Angel Firpo	Jersey City, USA	KO by 8

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