93,728 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Harry Wills

✓ Source-basedfalling

American boxer (1889-1958)

United StatesAthletesLived 1889 to 1958 · aged 69
Compare
Fame44.2
Momentum0.3
Languages7
In century#112,732

Harry Wills was an American heavyweight boxer who held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship three times. Many boxing historians consider Wills the most egregious victim of the "color line" drawn by white heavyweight champions.

Also inDeutsch

Awards 1

1992International Boxing Hall of Fame

Athletes from United States 6

Chad LaRose44.3Terry Hanratty44.2Carlos de León44.3Johnny Lujack44.2Nezam Hafiz44.3Billy Wolfe44.2

About this person

Harry Wills was an American heavyweight boxer who held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship three times. Many boxing historians consider Wills the most egregious victim of the "color line" drawn by white heavyweight champions. Wills fought for over 20 years (1911-1932), and was ranked as the number-one challenger for the world heavyweight championship, but was denied the opportunity to fight for the title. Of all the black contenders between the heavyweight championship reigns of Jack Johnson and Joe Louis, Wills came closest to securing a title shot. BoxRec ranks him among 10 best heavyweights in the world from 1913 to 1924, and as No.1 heavyweight from 1915 to 1917 and many regard him as one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.

Country
United States
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1958 · aged 69
Written about in
7 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.