Reports of last week to the contrary, despatches from Excelsior Springs, Mo., indicate that Jess Willard has broken under the strain of training for his fight with Floyd Johnson. " Three years ...

The drawing portrayed Jess Willard, a Pottawatomie Coun… "New Heavyweight Champion Born 28 Miles From Topeka," read a heading published above a drawing on April 6, 1915, in The Topeka Daily Capital.

Word comes from Excelsior Springs, Mo., that Jess Willard, some time heavyweight champion of the world, is deep in the tortures of preparing his ancient frame for the battle with Floyd Johnson in ...

July 4, 1919, became known as 'Toledo's Day in the Sun,' the historic Jack Dempsey/Jess Willard fight in Bayview Park on Summit Street.

When Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard took to the ring in Toledo in July of 1919 for the heavyweight championship, the event was a "Superbowl" of boxing at the time. READ MORE: ...