Jack Dempsey in Colour #boxing #boxeo #boxe #usa #ko
Jack Dempsey’s life story could have been a Hollywood script.
Born to a dirt-poor farming family, young Dempsey took up boxing with his older brother. Turning professional under the name Kid Blackie, Dempsey fought in saloons, coal-mining towns, back allies, lumberjack camps, and numerous hick and tank towns around the United States.
Possessing speed, toughness, and one-punch knockout power, Dempsey quickly started racking up a series of knockouts.
Defeats to “Fireman“ Jim Flynn, Willie Meehan, and Jack Downey, kept Dempsey in the minor circuit. It wasn’t until he met manager Jack “Doc“ Hearns did Dempsey’s career take off.
After scoring 5 consecutive first round knockouts, Dempsey met Jess Williard for the World’s Heavyweight Boxing Title on July 4, 1919.
Dempsey butchered the 6 ft 6 inch 270 pound Williard, knocking him down seven times in round one, and finally stopping him in the third.
Dempsey became the first fighter to generate a million dollar gate. His knockouts over Luis Firpo and George Carpienter are legendary. He lost his title after almost 7 years to Gene Tunney. He then lost in a rematch to Tunney in the “Battle of the Long Count“ [where Tunney appeared to be the beneficiary of a long count due to Dempsey’s refusal to go to a neutral corner] and retired.
In 1931, at 36, Jack Dempsey announced his comeback and fought hundreds of exhibitions. He knocked-out over 40 opponents, sometimes 3 or 4 in one night.
In 1940, at 45, he returned for the final time and knocked out 3 opponents in one month. Dempsey went on to run his famous restaurant on Broadway for almost 50 years.
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