Bombardier Billy Wells-How Good was He ?

[Caractacus]

here is his ring record
https://www.boxrec.com/en/proboxer/32180

these fights were filmed but now presumed lost to time.
January 1911 -Gunner Moir vrs Billy Wells

December- 1913 Georges Carpentier vrs Billy Wells


1915


1919

1920

1923


1938

1960

[prewarboxing]

Some nice footage here but a lot of it isn't Wells. The 1915 footage of the man skipping and throwing the medicine ball isn't Wells.
The footage of the boxer in 1920 working out isn't Wells either. Wells can be seen at the start looking at the camera, but not after that. That shot that Beckett knocked him out with in 1919 is devastating. Wells was out before he hit the canvas. Utterly poleaxed.

Miles Templeton

[Woller]

The Gunner Moir v Billy Wells fight from 1911 is still existing.

[Caractacus]

[Caractacus]

'Ere's a real Bombardier Billy Wells fan.
(looks like he may be holding a rare copy of a book written by Billy Wells
entitled MODERN BOXING.:A Practical Guide to Present Day Methods (published in 1911)

[Caractacus]

in 1911, Thomas Inch "The Scarborough Hercules" (North Yorkshire)
owner and operater of the Fulham Gymnasium (Southwest London)
(and who once sparred with Sam Langford at the National Sporting Club)
was hired to get Bombardier Billy Wells into tip top physical condition as well as put on some muscle and weight on him.

and 'ere 'e is again years later.

[klompton]

The footage listed as 1915 is Pat O'Keefe training. Possibly around the time he fought an exhibition with Wells for the war effort.

[6 Pack]

I read a book about Billy Wells a few years ago.

He was a top contender, but never THE top contender.

Lost the big contender matches.

[Bladder]

The footage listed as 1915 is Pat O'Keefe training. Possibly around the time he fought an exhibition with Wells for the war effort.

The guy skipping rope and stood to the left catching the medicine ball? Are you sure, as that looks nothing like O'Keefe to me.