Jack Dempsey went to bed on the night of July 4, 1919, after knocking out Jess Willard to claim . Log In. ... 1917, he knocked out a 22-year-old prospect named Jack Dempsey in 25 seconds.

One hundred years later, the Jack Dempsey-Luis Angel Firpo fight remains a classic. On Sept. 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds, ... a housing complex at the site of the old Polo Grounds. ...

The 30-year-old Rozicki became obsessed with Dempsey as a teenager. Dempsey’s violent stoppage of the enormous Jess Willard on YouTube is ingrained in Rozicki’s head.

OLD NEWS: Little Rock turns ... World heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey (left) and Tom Gibbons squared off in Shelby, Mont., on July 4, 1923. From the July 1, 1923, Arkansas Gazette (Democrat-Gazette ...

Not so with Jack Dempsey. His War record does not endear him to the American people; nor do his literary attainments. Yet for the first time since he became champion, he is now “good old Jack.” ...