How a boxing match between champ Jack Dempsey and a popular Minnesotan nearly destroyed a tiny Montana town On July 4, 1923 — 100 years ago — 3,000 people swarmed The Forum building to get the ...

Jack Dempsey Biography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American ...

A decade after its publication, Kahn's sweeping biography of the majestic career of boxing great Jack Dempsey—set against a rollicking backdrop of 1920s America—makes its way to audio. At over ...

The Long Count: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and the boxing controversy that defined an era It was the biggest boxing match the world had ever seen. It ended in one of the sport’s greatest ...

The July 4, 1923, heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons in Shelby, Montana, stands out as one of the most economically disastrous events in boxing history.

Chicago has had its share of breathlessly hyped boxing matches, but none was bigger than the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey heavyweight title bout on Sept. 22, 1927. And certainly none was more controver… ...

More than 1,000 fans showed up to greet heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey when his train pulled into Spokane.

A look at the early life of one of the state’s most renowned native sons, Jack Dempsey.