"Big" Bill Hartwell
(the "Kansas Tornado")

HEIGHT 6-3
WEIGHT 215-220 lbs

Hartwell was big, strong, and fast - but was not very scientific

During his career, Hartwell defeated such men as the "older" Jack Johnson, James "Tut" Jackson, Cecil "Seal" Harris, Brad Simmons, Neil Clisby, Lee Anderson, and Roy "Ace" Clark

1921-1923 
       Brad Simmons                                                 L 10

1925
Feb 16 James "Tut" Jackson        Kansas City, Mo                  ND 10
Jul 14 James "Tut" Jackson        Kansas City, Mo                   D 10
Dec  8 "Agile" Andre Anderson     Kansas City, Mo                  LK  2

1926
Jul  5 Charley Weinert            Kansas City, Mo                  LK  2
Aug 31 Brad Simmons               Kansas City, Mo                   L 10

1927
Jan    Ed "Bearcat" Wright        Kansas City, Mo                   D 10
Apr 26 Brad Simmons               Sedalia, Mo                      ND 10
Jul  7 Booker T. Graham           Kansas City, Mo                  KO  2
Aug    Brad Simmons               Kansas City, Mo                   L 10
Aug 28 Preacher McMahon           Kansas City, Mo                  KO  1
Sep 15 James "Tut" Jackson        Kansas City, Mo                  KO  2
Sep 30 Cecil "Seal" Harris        Kansas City, Mo                  KO  3
Oct 29 Brad Simmons               Kansas City, Mo                   W 10
Nov 11 "Fighting" Bob Lawson      Kansas City, Mo                   L 10
Nov    Ed "Bearcat" Wright        Kansas City, Mo                   D 12
Dec  5 Ed "Bearcat" Wright        Galveston, Tx                     D 12
Dec 19 "Fighting" Bob Lawson      Galveston, Tx                     L 12
Dec 21 James "Tut" Jackson        Kansas City, Mo                   W 10

1928
Jan    Ed "Bearcat" Wright        Galveston, Tx                     L 10
Mar  2 Ed "Bearcat" Wright        Kansas City, Ks                  ND 10
Mar 19 Neil Clisby                Galveston, Tx                     W 12
Mar 29 Roy "Hoot" Burger          Silver Bow, Mt                   LK  6
Apr 13 Bill Downs                 Kansas City, Mo                  KO  3
May 15 Jack Johnson               Kansas City, Ks                  TK  7
Jun  8 Larry Gains                Kansas City, Mo                  TK  6
Jul  4 Roy "Ace" Clark            Akron, Oh                        KO  6
Jul 31 Lee Anderson               Boston, Ma                       KO  8
Aug 14 Jack "Jake" Warren         Boston, Ma                        L 10
Sep  4 Jimmy Byrne                Boston, Ma                        L  8
       -Some sources report "L 6"
Nov 10 Jack Rozier                New York, NY                    SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 12 Al Walker                  Philadelphia, Pa                  L 10
Dec  3 Paolino Uzcudun            Philadelphia, Pa                  L 10

1929
Jan  1 Emmett Rocco               Akron, Oh                         L 10
Feb 13 Al Walker                  Newark, NJ                        D 15
Apr  5 George Godfrey             Orlando, Fl                      LK  2

1930
Jan 21 Arthur DeKuh               Brooklyn, NY                     LT  9
Mar 31 Walter Cobb                Philadelphia, Pa                  L  8
Apr 28 Alvin "Babe" Hunt          Philadelphia, Pa                  L  6
Oct    Herman Weiner                                              SCH   
       -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 14 "Cracker" Jack Webb        New York, NY                      W  6
       -Some sources report 10/14/28 
Oct 21 Mack House                 Boston, Ma                       TK  5
Oct 31 Arthur DeKuh               Boston, Ma                        L  8

1931
May 22 "Big Boy" Burlap           Providence, RI                    W  6
Jun 11 Victorio Campolo           Newark, NJ                       LT  3
Jul 15 Jack Van Noy               Oakland, Ca                       L  4
Aug  3 Sylvester Nolan            Oakland, Ca                       L  4
Aug 24 Jack Dempsey               Portland, Or                     EX  1
       -Dempsey knocked Hartwell out
Sep 24 Walter "Biff" Hoffman      Pasadena, Ca                     KO  3
Oct    Les Kennedy                Wilmington, Ca                   LK  2
Oct 29 Arthur DeKuh               Pasadena, Ca                     LT  2


*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1927
Oct    Cecil "Seal" Harris        Kansas City, Mo                  KO  1
       -Perhaps, this is the 9/30/27 bout
       Jack Johnson                                                EX  4
       Cap Raymond                                                 KO  2
       John Brandall                                               KO  1
       Kid Forman                                                  KO  3
       Jim Peanuts                                                 KO  5
       Ted Lewis                                                   KO  2

1928
       Joe Lill                                                    KO  1
       "Fighting" Bob Lawson                                        W 10
       Bill Goethe                                                  W 10

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis and Tim Leone, Historians, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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