Harry Wills v Tommy Gibbons15rds?

Just on the Wills money thing,

who knows, but Wills is certainly a better source for what kind of money he was being paid on the African-American circuit than anyone here is.

As for his long term financial status, his big outdoor stadium fights from 1924 to 1927 (Firpo, Weinert, Sharkey, Uzcudun) certainly would have put him in the chips, and he seems to have been a man who knew how to handle his money.

 

And that's mighty stupid of you, trying a bit of race baiting are you:--(

 

If you have no ground to stand on grab the race card. How apropos.

 

Your place of privilege allows us h paternalistic interpretations of The Other.

 

I am the one actually quoting the man in question. You offer only tired old bullsh*t yarns and completely fabricated numbers.

Again, tell me how Dempsey avoiding Wills was in Wills' best financial interest. Build that raft and try to float on it.

 

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United Press write-up, April 1, 1943:

 

I never said it was top of the bill.

The old Ring Record Book lists it in their outstanding live gates thus:

Wills-Weinert
Greb-Walker
Shade-Slattery

Polo Grounds

Attendance--39,993

Receipts--$339,040


Given that gross, I think it likely Wills was well paid.

 

McVey

I never gave it much thought, and just kind of assumed that the Greb-Walker fight was top of the bill,

but,

there is a poster for this show over at ebay for $2500

The poster has at the top in big red letters, Wills vs Weinert with a big photo of Wills

Under that in much smaller black and white letters beside a smaller photo of Harry Greb is the ad for the world middleweight championship fight.

I typed in "Poster for Wills-Weinert fight" to get this.

The poster goes like this:

Italian Hospital Fund

Dempsey must fight winner

WILLS VS WEINERT

15 rounds to a decision
--------------------------------------------
World's middleweight championship
15 rounds to a decision.

Below that the poster is missing.

*Frankly, I am surprised that the Wills-Weinert fight was top of the bill. I certainly would have thought otherwise.

**I am not sophisticated enough to link up with that ebay poster, but perhaps someone else can.

***bottom line--so many threads are knocking Wills and trying to reduce his 1920's status that some primary sources are useful.

 

thanks