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.

Manassa is so small – the population is barely 1,000 now, ... “I remember she talked at some point about Jack Dempsey beating up her brother – sticking his face in a mud puddle.” ...

Bill Kauffman reviews Jason Kelly's "Shelby's Folly: Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown." How a small town's publicity stunt— getting Jack Dempsey to defend his ...

Jack Dempsey went to bed on the night of July 4, 1919, after knocking out Jess Willard to claim . ... I peered at my face and saw some small dried patches of blood on it.

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 century." ...

CONEJOS COUNTY – At 9 years old, Michelle Richardson didn’t exactly know how to process her firsthand encounter with Manassa’s legendary prizefighter. “It was in July of 1966 at our annual ...

Jack Dempsey, center, ... City Hall and the fire station also held the room that Dempsey used to train. It was a small room on the second floor with a fire pole off to one corner.

More than 1,000 fans showed up to greet heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey when his train ... As if by magic and from nowhere a crowd of small boys appeared along the station platform and they ...

Jack Dempsey, a beefy, boisterous son of the Irish Channel who became a police reporter renowned for a booming voice, an ever-present straw hat and cigar, and a dogged determination ...