heavyweightchampion

8 photos tagged heavyweightchampion, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1910

2010

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Roxanne said:
this guy, compared with the background objects, seems enormously huge.
Darien said:
he was 6'3"
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombadier_Billy_Wells

Joe said:
"Bombardier" Billy Wells (1889-1967) was born William Thomas Wells in London, England. He began his professional boxing career in 1910, after serving four years with the Royal Artillery in India (where he was, indeed, a Bombardier.) He held the British Empire heavyweight boxing championship title from 1911 to 1919. He won 41 of his 52 bouts. Wells was also the second of the four athletes who, through the years, struck the enormous gong seen at the beginning of movies made by British producer J. Arthur Rank. BoxRec bout list. Biography at East London History.
Malcolm said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Almost Anything BRIDGES COMP... Get entering., and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Richard Norton said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombadier_Billy_Wells

Permissible Transport said:
This photograph is featured in a blog post at THE BIGGER PICTURE.
BobMeade said:
I'm thinking Tunney was giving them a talk about The Sweet Science.
Smithsonian Institution said:
Nice reference, BobMeade! Thanks for the comment, Susannah