Jack Sharkey, a Lithuanian-born boxer named Joseph Paul Zukauskas, took his ring name from combining his two favourite pugilists, Jack Dempsey and Tom Sharkey.

When Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), enters the ring on May 3 to challenge Badou Jack, 28-3-3 (17 KOs), Rozicki will be trying to tap into the spirit of the legendary Jack ...

The Long Count: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and the boxing controversy that defined an era It was the biggest boxing match the world had ever seen. It ended in one of the sport’s greatest ...

100 years ago, the Jack Dempsey-Luis Angel Firpo fight made New York the capital of boxing Jack Dempsey, left, knocks down Luis Angel Firpo during their fight at the Polo Grounds on Sept. 14, 1923.

It's one of boxing's most endearing legends. Jack Dempsey went to bed on the night of July 4, 1919, after knocking out Jess Willard to claim the heavyweight championship of the world and dreamed ...

The July 4, 1923, heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons in Shelby, Montana, stands out as one of the most economically disastrous events in boxing history.