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Harry Wills (May 15, 1889 – December 21, 1958) was a 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.
Harry "Pantera Negra" Wills (15 de mayo de 1889, Nueva Orleans Estados Unidos – 21 de diciembre de 1958, Nueva York) fue quizás la víctima más conocida del racismo en el boxeo, cuando se le negó repetidamente la posibilidad de combatir por el título de campeón de peso pesado del mundo, estando clasificado como el primer retador.
"With a left swing to the jaw, Sam Langford of Boston knocked out Harry Wills, the giant New Orleans negro, in the fourteenth round of a scheduled twenty-round fight this afternoon at Vernon. Both men were knocked down repeatedly, Langford himself taking the count four times in the first two rounds.
Harry Wills conocido como La Pantera Negra, fue quizás la víctima más conocida del racismo en el boxeo, cuando se le negó repetidamente la posibilidad de combatir por el título de campeón de peso pesado del mundo, estando clasificado como el primer retador.
Harry Will was an African-American heavyweight boxing contender during Jack Demspey's reign in the 1920s. When Demspey signed to fight Wills in 1922 and 1925, no promoter...
28 de nov. de 2020 · Harry Wills was a heavyweight contender during the late 1910s and 1920s. He was widely seen as World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey 's top contender. Wills was unable to secure a title shot due to the controversial color line in boxing, which prevented men of color from fighting for the heavyweight title.
14 de abr. de 2021 · Harry Wills - Boxing's Black Panther. Rich the Fight Historian. 66.3K subscribers. Subscribed. 539. 20K views 3 years ago. A look back at the career of Harry Wills, a fighter best...
