On This Day In Boxing History!
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