If you’re looking for the spot where Jack Dempsey defended the world heavyweight title against Tommy Gibbons in a fight that brought financial ruin upon an entire town on July 4, 1923, the directions ...

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FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

It shouldn’t have ended the way it did. Not at that juncture of their careers. In July of 1927, aspiring heavyweight contender Jack Sharkey should have had his way with former champ Jack Dempsey. He ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 31, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. He was the Manassa Mauler. He was Jack the Giant ...

One of the most popular men in Washington is red-faced, white-haired John J. Dempsey, New Mexico’s lone Representative in the House. Onetime water boy on a railroad, hard-working Jack Dempsey fought ...

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Influential back-rower Jack Dempsey has been named in the Scotland squad for this summer’s Nations Championship matches despite his impending move to Japan. Gregor Townsend has opted for a largely ...