Harry Wills vs. Kid Norfolk

Harry Wills 212 lbs beat Kid Norfolk 176 lbs by KO in round 2 of 15

• Date: 1922-03-02
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Kid McPartland

Wills defends his world 'colored' heavyweight title claim

"When they came out of their corners in the second, Norfolk went into a clinch and a moment later fell backward to the floor, taking the full count. No one at the ringside saw the blow that felled him.

After the count, he walked to his corner and did not seem hurt. Wills said the blow was a short inside right to the jaw. Referee Kid McPartland told newspaper men that he saw the blow delivered and that it did not travel more than six inches. The crowd expressed its disapproval of the manner in which the match was terminated. It did not appear to them that Norfolk had been hit.

However, to prove that he really went down under a powerful punch, Norfolk displayed a deep cut in his mouth caused by the blow. In the first round, Norfolk took the aggressive and swung a left to Wills' head, Wills returned a straight right to the chin and followed Norfolk into a corner, landing a left to the jaw.

They sparred for an opening. Wills landed a light left to the body, and Norfolk fell heavily to the floor when he missed a long right swing to the body. Wills landed a left jab at the bell. In the second, they met in a clinch, and after a short interchange, Norfolk fell away from Wills, landing heavily on his shoulders after twenty-six seconds of fighting. Wills said he had floored Norfolk with a short left to the body and an inside short right to the jaw."

Nevada State Journal