Browsing Tag Jess Willard

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  Nov. 26, 1914: Langford vs Wills II

  The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal restrictions were being lifted around the world, and ...

  On November 26, 2020 / By Hunter Breckenridge
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  Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob

  In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey, there were hundreds of ...

  On October 26, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

  If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...

  On June 24, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

  It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is no stranger to corruption and criminals and over ...

  On April 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Is Bigger Really Better?

  Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and gave away 58 pounds. Another huge champion, Primo ...

  On January 17, 2016 / By Sean Crose