Paolino Uzcudun vs. Harry Wills
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Paulino Uzcudun 195 lbs beat Harry Wills 215 lbs by KO at 1:27 in round 4 of 15
- Date: 1927-07-13
- Location: Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Referee: Lou Magnolia
- Judge: Joe Hartman
- Judge: George Partridge
Wills was dropped to the canvas for a count of nine and arose only to run into a volley of lefts and rights that put him under the lower rope, where he lay supported on his elbows while Referee Lou Magnolia counted him out. Uzcudun had cast aside his contract with Tex Rickard to fight Wills, after having been dropped from Rickard's heavyweight elimination tournament when Jack Dempsey refused to engage in more than one preliminary bout leading to a fight with Gene Tunney. Rickard's original plan was to match Uzcudun with Dempsey and have the winner meet the survivor of the Jack Sharkey-Jimmy Maloney bout. (AP)