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Boxing Gloves worn by Jack Dempsey

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack ...
Boxing Scene

Ryan Rozicki draws inspiration from the great Jack Dempsey ahead of Badou Jack challenge

Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his fighting idol, Jack Dempsey. Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), challenges WBC cruiserweight champion Badou Jack on May 3 in ...
Washington Examiner

Battle for boxing supremacy: Review of ‘Dempseye and Tunney in the Roaring Twenties’

In the annals of boxing’s greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. They each had Irish backgrounds, were ring-savvy, had real punching ...
Missoulian

Famed fight that KO'd Shelby: Fortunes exhausted to bring boxing match to small town in 1923

It’s an embedded piece of Montana folklore. In the summer of 1923, a handful of wide-eyed local boosters in Shelby managed to lure the world heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey, and a leading ...
Boxing Scene

When Dempsey Kayoed Sharkey and Whipped Father Time

It shouldn’t have ended the way it did. Not at that juncture of their careers. In July of 1927, aspiring heavyweight contender Jack Sharkey should have had his way with former champ Jack Dempsey. He ...