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Jack Dempsey, shirtless and wearing boxing gloves, shorts, and boots, poses in a boxing stance outdoors in front of a brick wall. Dempsey, Jack Gene Tunney, at right in light shorts, defends against a body blow from Jack Dempsey during their 1927 boxing match in a crowded ring. Jack Dempsey sits wearing a sleeveless athletic shirt and hand wraps, looking at the camera with a slight smile. newsreel cameramen
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Jack Dempsey: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies of Jack Dempsey include Roger Kahn, A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring ’20s (1999); Randy Roberts, Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler (1979, reissued 1987); and Nat Fleischer, Jack Dempsey: The Idol of Fistiana (rev. ed. 1936, reissued 1949).

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Article History

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Add new Web site: ESPN Classic - Defeats didn't dampen Dempsey. Sep 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 27, 2026
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of War - Sports Heroes Who Served: World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Served in WWII. Jan 31, 2026
Add new Web site: World Boxing Association - Jack Dempsey, Box-Office Magnet. Apr 24, 2025
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Jack Dempsey. Nov 20, 2024
Add new Web site: History to Go - Jack Dempsey Loved Fighting, Mining and Cowboying. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Louisiana State University - Cannibalism and Infectious Disease: Friends or Foes? (PDF). Aug 12, 2024
Add new Web site: International Boxing Hall of Fame (Nonpareil) Jack Dempsey. May 13, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Links added. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Colorado Encyclopedia - Jack Dempsey. May 07, 2022
Add new Web site: Colorado Virtual Library - Jack Dempsey: Prize-fighter, Actor and Author. Feb 28, 2019
Media added. May 24, 2017
Add new Web site: International Boxing Hall of Fame - Biography of Jack Dempsey. Jan 24, 2014
Add new Web site: Official Site of Jack Dempsey. Dec 14, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Jack Dempsey. Dec 01, 2011
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Jack Dempsey (1895-1983). Dec 01, 2011
Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of Jack Dempsey. Dec 01, 2011
Added photograph. Apr 12, 2011
Media added. May 05, 2008
Article revised. Jan 11, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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