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1892: Harry Wills Was Born!

Harry Wills

Born: May 15th, 1892

Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana

Residence: New Orleans, Louisiana

Record: 71-9-3, 57Ko’s

Pro-Debut: January 1st, 1907

Alias: Black Panther

Division: Heavyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 2″  

Reach: 76″  

Bouts: 88

Rounds: 529

Ko’s: 65%

Died: Age 66, December 21st, 1958

 

International Boxing Hall of Fame: Class of 1992

 

May 15th

1871: Mysterious Billy Smith born.

1889: Harry Wills born.

1892: Jimmy Wilde born.

1914: Joe Symonds KO18 Percy Jones

1920: Harry Greb ND10 Tommy Gibbons

1942: Sammy Angott W15 Allie Stolz

1953: Rocky Marciano KO1 Jersey Joe Walcott

1959: Khaosai Galaxy born.

1963: Maurice Blocker born.

1970: Joichiro Tatsuyoshi born.

1976: Miguel Canto W15 Juan Alvarez

1977: Luis Estaba W15 Rafael Pedroza

1983: Bobby Chacon W12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards

1986: Julio Cesar Chavez KO5 Faustino Barrios

Gilberto Roman W12 Edgar Monserrat

1987: Evander Holyfield KO3 Rickey Parkey

Kelvin Seabrooks KO5 Miguel Maturana

1992: Michael Moorer KO5 Bert Cooper

1993: Chris Eubank D12 Ray Close

Charles Murray W12 Rodney Moore

1995: Orzubek Nazarov KO2 Won Park

1999: Cesar Soto W12 Luisito Espinosa

2004: Antonio Tarver KO2 Roy Jones Jr

Victor Burgos KO6 Fahlan Sakkreerin

2009: Frans Botha WSD12 Timo Hoffmann

2010: Amir Khan TKO11 Paul Malignaggi

Orlando Salido W12 Cristobal Cruz        

Omar Andres Narvaez W12 Everth Briceno

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk TKO 8 Giacobbe Fragomeni

Cecilia Braekhus W10 Victoria Cisneros

Humberto Soto W12 Ricardo Dominguez

Michael Katsidis TKO3 Kevin Mitchell

2016: Jose Benavidez TKO12 Jorge Paez Jr

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