Willard Buckless

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Name: Willard Buckless
Birth Name: Willard Dennis Buckless
Hometown: Saugus, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: 1987-10-05 (Age:67)
Height: 178cm
Judge: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Buckless worked full-time in the General Electric plant in Lynn, Mass., making airplane superchargers. He came from a fighting family. His uncle was a well-known Canadian heavyweight. He had a twin brother, Ray, and two other brothers, George and Alec, who also fought.

1942 won the National AAU at welterweight vs. Windy Morris of Little Rock, AR by decision.




Preceded by:
Dave Andrews
National AAU Welterweight Champion
1942
Succeeded by:
Charles Cooper