95 years ago, nurseries all over the country were probably full of little boys named "Willard" after the Great White Hope, Jess Willard, who ended the reign of the hated Jack Johnson on April 5, 1915.

On July 4, 1919, Jack Dempsey battered Jess Willard over three brutal rounds to claim the heavyweight championship. The bout is an important milestone in the history of boxing and symbolizes the ...

Jess Willard, who reigned as the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1915 to 1919, lived on Blanchard Drive in Glendale for many years. Recently, Willard’s grandson, Jim Mace, of Carmichael ...

JULY 4, 1919 DEMPSEY IS CHAMP TOLEDO -- Jack Dempsey is the new heavyweight champion of the world. It took him only three rounds this afternoon for him to deal out to Jess Willard the worst ...

On the Fourth of July, 1919, 24-year-old William Harrison ‘Jack’ Dempsey defeated Jess Willard and won the world heavyweight championship title.

Jess Willard, the tall Pottawatomie Giant, named for his Kansas hometown, weighed about 250 pounds. A former ranch hand, Willard fit the dimensions specified by white hope hunters.

Don Stradley says "farewell" to Yankee Stadium by looking back at Jess Willard's heroic win over Floyd Johnson in 1923. Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

Challenger Jack Dempsey is five inches shorter and 58 pounds lighter than the 6-foot-6, 245-pound heavyweight champion, Jess Willard. But under the broiling sun in Toledo, Ohio, David conquers ...

Myron Willard was discharged in Kansas in 1865, and his son Jess Willard was born Dec. 29, 1881. At 33, Jess Willard — known as the Pottawatomie Giant — famously knocked out reigning champion ...

One hundred years ago — on July 4, 1919 — Jack Dempsey battered Jess Willard over three brutal rounds to claim the heavyweight championship of the world. The world was very different then.