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Young Harry Wills 151 lbs beat Billy Murphy 149 lbs by TKO at 1:26 in round 1 of 10

• Date: 1927-01-12
• Location: Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA

Young Harry Wills made it short and snappy in his fight with Billy Murphy last night. Two right hands and the affair was over in exactly one minute and 26 seconds. Wills started like a cyclone. He came out with his right hand cocked and full of dynamite. Murphy backed up before the storm, but Wills caught up to him, clouted him on the whiskers with a terrific right hand, and Murphy hit the floor head first. He tried to get up at the count of "two" but fell forward on his head again. At "nine," he arose. The fight might have been stopped right there as Billy was out on his feet, but Murphy was permitted to continue, and Wills hit him again and got the decision without the formality of a count. [Oakland Tribune]