Even seven years after his death, the art of Gabe Perillo Sr. lives on to see the world. Perillo's portrait of boxing legend Jack Dempsey has made its way around the Northeast and now, has ...

On July 4, 1919, Jack Dempsey battered Jess Willard over three brutal rounds to claim the heavyweight championship. The bout is an important milestone in the history of boxing and symbolizes the ...

The world's heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926, an iconic figure in America's Golden Age of Sports, and a one-time Reno resident, Dempsey is among the Class of 2014 that will be ...

William Harrison 'Jack' Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey, known as the 'Manassa Mauler,' started his professional boxing career in 1914 and was the world ...

Jack Dempsey was boxing’s first superstar. There were other great fighters before him, founding fathers like Gentleman Jim Corbett, John L Sullivan and Jack Johnson. But Dempsey arrived at a ...

In 1916, Dempsey fought twice in Ely before returning to Reno in 1918 to fight as the No. 1 contender to the heavyweight championship. His first-round knockout of Jack Moran was part of a string ...

World heavyweight champion William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey is probably one of the more copied names in boxing history with dozens of boxers so named, as seen on Boxrec.com. Dempsey held the world ...

The boxing match at Polo Grounds 100 years ago was the first million ... One hundred years later, the Jack Dempsey-Luis Angel Firpo fight remains a classic. On Sept. 14, 1923, at the Polo ...

On July 4, 1919, Jack Dempsey battered Jess Willard over three brutal rounds to claim the heavyweight championship. The bout is an important milestone in the history of boxing and symbolizes the ...