Jack Dempsey
American boxer (1895-1983) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 87
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.
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W. S. Van Dyke Produced The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Erle C. Kenton Directed Bring Him In and So This Is Paris
George Ovey Also in Bring Him In and So This Is Paris
Mickey Rooney Also in Requiem for a Heavyweight and Off Limits
Howard Hawks Directed The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Frank Borzage Produced Big City (1937)
Mack Sennett Produced A Dozen Socks (1927)
Larry Semon Directed A Dozen Socks (1927)
Charles Reisner Also in Bring Him In and So This Is Paris
George B. Seitz Directed Big City (1937)
Irving Bacon Also in Big City and A Dozen Socks
William Keighley Directed Stars Over Broadway (1935)- Norman Krasna Produced Big City (1937)
Harry Woods Also in The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Josie Sedgwick Also in Daredevil Jack (1920)
Frank Lanning Also in Daredevil Jack (1920)
Herschel Mayall Also in Daredevil Jack (1920)
Samuel Bischoff Produced Stars Over Broadway (1935)
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Dempsey mock punching Harry Houdini (held back by Benny Leonard)
Dempsey (right) landing a right punch to the jaw of Jess Willard
Dempsey and Carpentier in the arena before the fight
Time cover, September 10, 1923
Dempsey and Firpo, 1924 painting by George Bellows
Jack Dempsey holding his wife, Estelle Taylor, on his shoulder
Tunney-Dempsey on September 23, 1926 at Sesquicentennial Stadium in PhiladelphiaAwards
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He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.
