Wells & Coffey, 1912. Shows English boxer Bombardier Billy (William Thomas) Wells (1889-1967) sparring with Jim Coffey, the Roscommon Giant (1891-1959), in Rye, New York, to prepare for a fight with Al Panzer.

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