Description
Jack Dempsey
Birth name: William Harrison Dempsey
Alias: Manassa Mauler
Record: 53-6-8
43 KOs 1 KOs
Division: Heavy
Bouts: 67
Career: 1914-1927
Debut: 1914-11-30
Bouts: 73
Nationality: USA
Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Birth place: Manassa, Colorado, USA
Born: 1895-06-24
Died: 1983-05-31 (Age: 87)
Native American Boxers | World Heavyweight Champions | The Ring Magazine Champions | American World Champions | World War II Veterans | Referees | IBHOF Members |World Boxing Hall of Fame Members |Actors
Jack Dempsey, the most popular boxer of his generation and one of the most fabled athletes in history, changed the sport of boxing from a straight-up, defensive-minded contest of single punches and frequent holding into an exciting, aggressive battle of furious combinations and blazing knockouts.
Dempsey ascended from a starving hobo to a millionaire during his ground-breaking career. He drew record crowds and gate receipts, participating in boxing’s first five $1,000,000 gates.
Dempsey died of heart failure at age 87 in New York City on May 31, 1983.
