Jack Dempsey went to bed on the night of July 4, 1919, after knocking out Jess Willard to claim . Log In. All Articles. Schedule. Talk Shows. ... Pulling on my pants and shirt, I rushed out into ...

Jack Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearns walked away with around $300,000 (about $5.2 million in 2023 dollars). In 1989, the L.A. Times called Kearns “one of the great sports conmen of the ...

When Dempsey’s then-manager Jack ‘Doc’ Kearns confessed that the gloves were loaded in a Sports Illustrated excerpt of Kearns’ biography in 1964 (it was published posthumously, as Kearns ...

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.

More than 1,000 fans showed up to greet heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey when his train pulled into Spokane. “Then Jack stepped from the train,” The Spokesman-Review said. “The greeting ...

William H. “Jack” Dempsey – World Heavyweight Champion, (1895-1983) Born in Manassa to a poor family, Jack Dempsey left home at age 16. To earn spare cash, he entered saloons and challenged all comers ...

Two sports heroes captured the imagination of the public in the 1920s: Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. While Ruth could only be seen on newsreels, Dempsey appeared in Joplin as a boxer and referee ...

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.