Jess Willard Autographs

Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant. He won the world heavyweight title in 1915 by knocking out Jack Johnson.
Willard was known for size rather than skill, and though he held the championship for more than four years, he rarely defended it. In 1919, when he was 37 years old, he lost the title in an extremely one-sided loss by declining to come out for the fourth round against Jack Dempsey, who became a more celebrated champion. Soon after the bout, Willard began accusing Dempsey of using something with the effect of a knuckle duster. Dempsey did not grant Willard a return match, and at 42 years old he was KO'd, following which he retired from boxing, although for the rest of his life he continued to claim Dempsey had cheated. Ferdie Pacheco expressed the opinion in a book that the surviving photographs of Willard's face during the Dempsey fight indicate fractures to Willard's facial bones suggesting a metal implement, and show he was bleeding heavily. The matter has never been resolved, with contemporaneous ringside sports journalist reporting in The New York Times that Willard spat out at least one tooth and was "a fountain of blood" increasingly discounted in favor of a view that he had only a cut lip and a little bruising.
Jess Myron Willard was born on 29 December 1881 in Saint Clere, Kansas. In his teenage years and twenties he worked as a cowboy. He was of mostly English ancestry, which had been in North America since the colonial era. The first member of the Willard family arrived in Virginia in the 1630s.
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Traded items with a signature of Jess Willard

The most expensive item with a signature of Jess Willard (Heavyweight Champ Jess Willard Signed Postcard) was sold in August 2009 for $750.00 while the cheapest item (1962 Jack Dempsey Boxer Signed Restaurant Post Card w Jess Willard Knockout Pic) found a new owner for $9.99 in January 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2016 with an average selling price of $83.99 for an autographed item of Jess Willard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2017 with $462.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was January 2023. In average, an autographed item from Jess Willard is worth $135.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Jess Willard were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1916 - 1926 BOXING - JACK DEMPSEY KNOCK OUT JESS WILLARD SIGNED POSTCARD	$10.68
	1962 Jack Dempsey Boxer Signed Restaurant Post Card w Jess Willard Knockout Pic	$9.99
	Boxing Great Jack Dempsey Autographed Postcard Cover Vs Jess Willard	$29.00
	boxing hall of famer JESS WILLARD SIGNED INDEX CARD (DECEASED IN 1968)	$213.50
	Frank Moran Signed Boxing 8x10-JSA COA Boxer-Fought Jess Willard-Jack Johnson	$120.00
	Jack Dempsey knocks out Jess Willard autographed card - Beckett Authentic	$49.99
	JESS WILLARD Autograph Signed Reverse of Photo Heavyweight Champ 1915-1919	$257.00
	Jess Willard Jack Dempsey Boxing 1919 Toledo Ohio 100 Anniversary poster SIGNED	$269.69
	Jess Willard Signed 4 x 6 Autograph Page Boxing JSA Auto	$279.99
	Jess Willard Signed Cut Tag Heavyweight Champ Autograph PSA Authentic WW880	$149.99
	JESS WILLARD SIGNED DEMPSEY-WILLARD POSTCARD (PSA/DNA)	$103.50
	Signed JACK DEMPSEY JESS WILLARD POST CARD Jack Dempsey's Restaurant	$18.50
	Vintage Post Card of Jack Dempsey Fighting Jess Willard Signed by Jack Dempsey	$10.50
	Vintage Signed Jack Dempsey Boxing Champ Postcard vs. Jess Willard + Menu	$20.00
	World Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard Signed Index Card PSA DNA	$450.00