Jack Dempsey is remembered as a fighter who left early, but that memory misleads more than it explains. He stepped away from ...

In the annals of boxing's greatest heavyweight champions, two names often enter the conversation: Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. They each had Irish backgrounds, were ring-savvy, had real punching ...

Then Sharkey turned his attention to Dempsey and others “Jack Dempsey was the best because he was a real fighter, and if he hit you in the shoulder he could dislocate it. “Ali was a real good boxer ...