The July 4, 1923, heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons in Shelby, ... Dempsey had already set up his training camp for the fight in the nearby city of Great Falls, ...

Jack Dempsey in Hendersonville, 1926 William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey, world heavyweight champion from 1919-26, came to Hendersonville in April 1926 to promote Commodore J. Perry Stoltz’s ...