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  1. On This Day: Jack Dempsey bankrupted a town

    Jack Dempsey was huge business in the Roaring '20s, too big in fact for the small town of Shelby, Montana

  2. On This Day: Jack Dempsey savaged Jess Willard to lift the world heavyweight title

    On July 4 1919 young Jack Dempsey made a brutal statement against Willard, writes Matt Christie

  3. On This Day: Jack Dempsey headlined boxing’s first million dollar gate

    On July 2 1921 Jack Dempsey fought Georges Carpentier, bringing in over a million dollars

  4. Jack Dempsey: Champion with a heart of gold, 1895-1983

    The Boxing News Jack Dempsey obituary written by Frank Butler, the then News of the World Sports Editor

  5. Boxing News at Five: Usyk vs. Povetkin moves closer, Jack Dempsey’s grandson headlines bare-knuckle show

    Oleksandr Usyk is up for fighting Alexander Povetkin in May, and Jack Dempsey's grandson does away with the boxing gloves

  6. On This Day: Jack Dempsey, the original macho man was born

    Only the greatest were mentioned with the 'Manassa Mauler'. An appreciation of Jack Dempsey by Bob Mee

  7. Jack Dempsey: Champion with a heart of gold, 1895-1983

    The Boxing News Jack Dempsey obituary written by Frank Butler, the then News of the World Sports Editor

  8. Did Jack Johnson fight Jack Dempsey?

    David Putland explores the history of what may have been one of the biggest heavyweight fights in history

  9. On This Day: Floyd Patterson becomes the first fighter in history to regain the world heavyweight title

    While knocking out Ingemar Johansson to win the heavyweight title for the second time, Floyd Patterson does what the likes of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis could not

  10. The ‘long counts’ and the course of history

    Jack Hirsch investigates the ‘long counts’ that occurred during Buster Douglas’ win over Mike Tyson this week in 1990 and Gene Tunney’s rematch victory against Jack Dempsey in 1927. Did they change the course of…