Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard 1915 Boxing Highlights

Highlights from Jack Johnson vs. Jess Willard.

Johnson defends his world heavyweight title against Jess Willard in Cuba on 5 April, 1915. The illustrious reign of Johnson comes to an end by 26th round KO - Johnson later claimed this was a dive.

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[rickshannet]

Thank you for sharing this historic fight!

[AmirRashid-ct]

champion jack dempsey beat the hell out of giant jess willard 4 years later in 1919 and a new champion was born and it was considered the worse beat down.

[AmirRashid-ct]

Jack johnson was a big muscular guy at 6ft 1 half inches tall and he is dwarfed by giant jess willard who is 6ft 6 half inches tall and knocked our Jack johnson.

[hunkmarvel]

They ruined the ending of the fight. What the heck was that??? What were they thinking??

[davidabney]

If this fight had been scheduled for the modern day 12-round fight that the champions of today do, Jack would have won by a lopsided margin. Jack had fought many fighters that would have beat Jess. One of Johnsons seconds for this fight, Sam McVey was one, Sam Langford was two, Joe Jeanette was three, and Jim Jeffries in his prime, was the 4th fighter that Jack fought that could beat Jess. Big Jess just outlasted a 37-year old Champion. As the fight passed the 16-round mark, age, the heat, and exhaustion all three played a part in helping Jess to win. Jess was a big and strong fighter. But Jack in his prime would have handled Williard, more or less, like he did five years earlier (1910) when he defended his Title against former Heavyweight King Jim Jeffries. Jeffries had been coaxed out of retirement to meet and defeat Jack Johnson. Racial ugly was strong in those days and these near-do-wells got disappointed when on July 4, 1910 Jack would meet and knock out Jim Jeffries in the 15th round I believe. A tko rather than a 10-count for Jeffries. The two fights that Johnson participated in would end in similar ways.

[icewaterslim]

I don't know why they dub that stupid phony crowd and punch noise to film before film had sound.

[josephclift]

Well done, Jess. Beat a braggart and a bully. As for if it was 12 rounds, it wasn't. It was a different sport then. Notice the lack of jabs, the low hands, the clinches not broken up. JW beat JJ within the rules of boxing as pertained then. Usyk would have outboxed both of these, but if it was 45 rounds, maybe he would lose. We really can't compare. They're virtually different sports

[สาธาณะรัฐThailand]

But I feel sorry for those who came to watch this boxing match. Some of them had to take a boat across the sea and arrive in Cuba a month in advance. Ticket prices were not cheap at that time. Moreover, they had to endure the scorching sun and heat of 65 degrees Celsius to watch the fights.And they threw less than ten punches, and they probably only hit their targets with two punches, right? For 26 rounds, if it were like this at Madison Square Garden, the audience would boo them both off the stage. How stupid would they be to do that?Let them go and make a living from other professions because watching dogs fight is more fun. Those viewers in the past were really stupid😅😅😅.