Harry Will's, confusion

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Palais
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Harry Will's, confusion

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HW, the famous Black Panther, boxed 1911-1932, this is indisputed.
A Young Harry Wills, (welterweight), boxed 1925-1933.
The Ring RB 1950 shows hwgt Harry Wills's record 1944-1949...
According to the BoxRec archive, this HW had 3 fights previous to 1944; Buddy Walker in 1939, Unknown Winston in 1940 and Jimmy Reeves in 1941.
Question; Is this correct or was it yet another HW? If it is correct, did he had any other fights before 1944 and after 1949?

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Post by Colin »

Palle it's even more complicated tha you have indicated because in addition to the orignal Harry Wills, we have Harry Wills (welterweight0, Harry Wills (the 2nd heavyweight) and a Young Hary Wills who only comes up when the Young is put in front. He has two fights listed, against Bucky Lawless in 1931 and then a later one against Cocoa Kid so I think this is almost certainly our welterweight Harry Wills. The three earliest bouts for our second heavyweight have my name attached to them but I have no record of them and I presume I just tidied up the record. However as these three bouts were in Columbus, Ohio and he was a west coast boxer, only very late in his career having a bout in the east, I would suggest he is yet another Harry Wills and should be separated.
I will see if these bouts get a mention in the New York Times and gives a hometown for him.
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Young Harry Wills from Maine

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I have an 90-bout record for Young Harry Wills, welterweight from Maine. He fought from late teens through 1931.

This is a totally different welter than the Young Harry Wills at http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=052059

The two bouts referred to by Colin (Cocoa Kid and the other) are probably for the above Harry Wills, not the one from Maine.
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