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Harry WILLS

"Black Panther"

Heavyweight

Male

USA, New Orleans, Louisiana
Born: May 15, 1892, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: December 21, 1958, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6ft 2in, mt 1,88

No amateur results

Professional record


1911
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 2	Casey White	Chicago, Illinois	KO 4
+ Feb. 2	Battling Taylor	Rock Island, Illinois	KO 4
+ Mar. 1	Kid Navarro	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 1
* Oct. 25	Nat Dewey	New Orleans, Louisiana	ND 10

1912
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Nat Dewey	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 2
+ Feb. 2	Sam Collier	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 7
- Feb. 14	George Kid Cotton	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO by 2
+ Apr. 4	Ben Peden	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 3
+ May 5	Kid Brown	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 6
* Aug. 13	Dave Mills	El Paso, Texas	NC 10
+ Nov. 20	Jack Tholmer	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 5

1913
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Kid Brown	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 2
= June 18	Jeff Clark	New Orleans, Louisiana	Draw 10
= July 1	Joe Jeannette	New Orleans, Louisiana	Draw 10
+ Oct. 3	George Kid Cotton	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 3
+ Dec. 9	Jimmy Sullivan	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 1

1914
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 8	George Kid Cotton	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 4
+ Feb. 7	Rough House Ware	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 10
= May 1	Sam Langford	New Orleans, Louisiana	Draw 10
= June 9	Joe Jeannette	New Orleans, Louisiana	Draw 10
+ July 4	Soldier Elder	El Paso, Texas	KO 1
+ Aug. 2	Mexican Pete Everett	Sonora, Mexico	KO 2
+ Aug. 21	Battling Brandt	San Francisco, California	KO 4
+ Sept. 4	Willie Meehan	San Francisco, California	W 4
+ Sept. 18	Charley Miller	San Francisco, California	KO 1
+ Oct. 9	Sailor Grande	San Francisco, California	W 4
+ Oct. 16	Charlie Horn	San Francisco, California	KO 1
+ Oct. 30	Jim Cameron	San Francisco, California	W 4
- Nov. 26	Sam Langford	Vernon, California	KO by 14
- Dec. 20	Sam McVea	New Orleans, Louisiana	L 20

1915
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	John Lester Johnson	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 20
* May 19	Sam McVea	New York, New York	ND 10
* July 5	Battling Jim Johnson	Gloversville, New York	ND 10
+ Sept. 7	Sam McVea	Boston, Massachusetts	W 12
* Dec. 3	Sam Langford	New York, New York	ND 10

1916
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 3	Sam Langford	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 20
- Feb. 11	Sam Langford	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO by 19
* Mar. 7	Sam Langford	Brooklyn, New York	ND 10
* Apr. 7	John Lester Johnson	New York, New York	ND 10
* Apr. 25	Sam Langford	Saint Louis, Missouri	ND 8
+ May 19	Jeff Clark	New Orleans, Louisiana	W 20
+ June 3	George Kid Cotton	Brooklyn, New York	KO 4
+ Oct. 13	George Kid Cotton	New York, New York	KO 4
* Nov. 11	Bill Tate	Brooklyn, New York	ND 10
+ Nov. 18	Jack Thompson	Bronx, New York	KO 9
* Dec. 28	Jack Thompson	Brooklyn, New York	ND 10

1917
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 7	Battling Jim Johnson	Saint Louis, Missouri	TKO by 2
* Apr. 30	Jack Thompson	New York, New York	ND 10
* May 11	Sam Langford	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ND 6
* June 1	Battling Jim Johnson	New York, New York	ND 10
* Sept. 20	Sam Langford	Brooklyn, New York	ND 10
= Nov. 12	Sam Langford	Toledo, Ohio	Draw 12
+ Dec. 16	Jeff Clark	Panama City, Panama	TKO 5

1918
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	Sam McVea	Panama City, Panama City	KO 6
+ Apr. 14	Sam Langford	Panama City, Panama City	KO 6
+ May 19	Sam Langford	Panama City, Panama City	TKO 8
+ June 16	Sam McVea	Panama City, Panama City	W 20
+ Aug. 19	Jeff Clark	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 5
* Sept. 14	Jack Thompson	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	ND 6
* Nov. 15	Jack Thompson	Atlantic City, New Jersey	NC 8

1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* June 10	John Lester Johnson	Jersey City, New Jersey	ND 8
* July 4	Sam Langford	Saint Louis, Missouri	ND 8
+ Aug. 18	Jeff Clark	Syracuse, New York	TKO 4
* Sept. 30	Sam Langford	Syracuse, New York	ND 10
* Oct. 20	Joe Jeannette	Jersey City, New Jersey	ND 8
+ Nov. 5	Sam Langford	Tulsa, Oklahoma	W 15
+ Nov. 20	K O Kruvosky	San Francisco, California	TKO 1
+ Dec. 4	Ole Anderson	San Francisco, California	KO 3

1920
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Jan. 1	Jack Thompson	San Francisco, California	NC 3
+ Jan. 12	Jack Thompson	Tulsa, Oklahoma	W 15
+ Mar. 17	Andy Johnson	Saint Paul, Minnesota	KO 1
+ Apr. 23	Sam Langford	Denver, Colorado	W 15
+ June 1	Ray Bennett	Bridgeport, Connecticut	TKO 1
+ July 26	Fred Fulton	Newark, New Jersey	TKO 3
* Sept. 8	Sam McVea	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	NC 6
+ Sept. 15	Jeff Clark	Atlanta, Georgia	TKO 4

1921
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Bill Tate	Buffalo, New York	KO 2
+ Feb. 11	Jeff Clark	Highlandtown, Maryland	TKO 2
* Apr. 8	Jack Thompson	Saint Louis, Missouri	ND 8
+ May 27	Andy Johnson	Brooklyn, New York	KO 1
+ June 3	Battling Jim McCreary	Syracuse, New York	KO 7
+ June 4	Ray Bennett	Long Island City, New York	KO 1
+ July 2	Bill Tate	Long Island City, New York	TKO 6
+ Oct. 10	Gunboat Smith	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ Nov. 10	Clem Johnson	Covington, Kentucky	TKO 6
+ Nov. 18	Denver Ed Martin	Covington, Kentucky	KO 1
* Nov. 30	Jack Thompson	Denver, Colorado	NC 5
+ Dec. 8	Bill Tate	Denver, Colorado	W 12

1922
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 2	Bill Tate	Milwaukie, Oregon	LDQ 1
= Jan. 6	Bill Tate	Milwaukie, Oregon	Draw 10
+ Jan. 17	Sam Langford	Milwaukie, Oregon	W 10
+ Mar. 2	Kid Norfolk	New York, New York	KO 2
+ June 29	Jeff Clark	Trenton, New Jersey	TKO 2
+ July 17	Jeff Clark	Winnipeg, Canada	KO 3
+ Aug. 21	Buddy Jackson	Newark, New Jersey	KO 2
+ Aug. 29	Tut Jackson	Brooklyn, New York	KO 3
+ Sept. 29	Clem Johnson	New York, New York	TKO 12

1923
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 11	Homer Smith	Long Island City, New York	KO 2
+ Nov. 5	Jack Thompson	Newark, New Jersey	TKO 4

1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 9	Bartley Madden	Long Island City, New York	W 15
* Sept. 11	Luis Angel Firpo	Jersey City, New Jersey	ND 12

1925
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 2	Charley Weinert	New York, New York	KO 2
+ Oct. 26	Floyd Johnson	Newark, New Jersey	TKO 1

1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 12	Jack Sharkey	Brooklyn, New York	LDQ 13

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 13	Paulino Uzcudun	Brooklyn, New York	KO by 4


1928 Inactive

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Sept. 14	Andres Castano	Mexico City, Mexico	LDQ 1
Mexican Heavyweight Title
+ Dec. 11	Andres Castano	Bronx, New York	KO 3


1930 Inactive

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Jack Rose	New Orleans, Louisiana	KO 6

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 4	Vinko Jakasa	Brooklyn, New York	KO 1
+ Oct. 19	Big John Glover	Atlanta, Georgia	KO 1

Summary

Total bouts: 110, Won: 70 (56 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 6, NC: 5, ND: 20

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"Black Panther"

Heavyweight

No amateur results

Professional record

Summary

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