But Jack Dempsey was the only champion who practiced ... He fought George Godfrey, on of the great Negro fighters of the '20s, only after the boxing commission told him to put on four more pounds ...

Football had “Red” Grange. Golf had Bobby Jones. And boxing? Well, obviously it had Jack Dempsey, “The Manassa Mauler,” whose heavyweight title run lifted the sport to new heights at the ...

The 1920s were the Golden Age of Sports. In boxing, nobody was more golden -- though not immediately -- than Jack Dempsey. Like Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bill Tilden and Bobby Jones, Dempsey was the ...

Over the years, Buffalo was the location of many title fights. In 1918, the great Jack Dempsey defended his heavyweight title against Gunboat Smith in the Broadway Auditorium. In 1984 Ray “Boom ...

Scotland back-rower Jack Dempsey is unfazed by the prospect of trying to tame rampant France and “upset their party” amid what promises to be a raucous atmosphere in Paris on Saturday night. Les Bleus ...

Jack Dempsey not only hails from Australia but played Test rugby for them, too. Fourteen times all told. The Wallabies’ decision not to add to that haul has undoubtedly been to Scotland’s benefit.

It was the biggest boxing match the world of 1927 had ever seen. It ended in one of the sport’s greatest controversies.