Quote Originally Posted by Memphis
Willard was a what?

I think your giving the big lump far far too much credit.
Don't knock Jess Willard. In his own way he was just as much an innovator as Johnson.

I'd go so far to say that if there had been no Jess Willard there would have been no Primo Carnera.

Even the great Nicolai Valuev owes a lot that former cowboy.