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 ...

Even though boxing has been around for hundreds of years, few athletes have commanded as much respect and reverence as Jack Dempsey ... defense for the layman and professional alike and stresses ...

Jack Dempsey was boxing’s first superstar ... He threw quality punches, inching forwards then exploding. He turned pro in 1914 and built a fearsome reputation fighting at least once a month ...

Suddenly it all clicked. All the pieces of the jigsaw fell into place and Jack Dempsey was flying, ripping and barnstorming his way to a fight with Jess Willard Suddenly it all clicked.

One hundred years ago — on July 4, 1919 — Jack ... Professional Football Conference) existed. Rocky Marciano had yet to be born. Dempsey-Willard is an important milestone in the history of ...

The name “Joseph Cukoschay” was not going to work for a professional boxer. Jack took the names of two boxers he admired, Jack Dempsey and Tom Sharkey. He thought the name “Jack Sharkey ...

Ireland has a proud tradition of producing great boxers, stretching back to Nonpareil Jack Dempsey right through ... four of his final five fights as a professional, but those late defeats should ...

For most of his 87 years, boxing legend Jack Dempsey was known the ... according to official fight records, Dempsey had at least one professional fight in Cripple Creek — at the Lyric Opera ...

And boxing? Well, obviously it had Jack ... Dempsey’s wild aggression, he’d had to settle for a decision win over Tommy Gibbons, while Tunney had knocked him out. All told, he won 48 of his 85 ...