If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose appearance and temperament seemed to reflect the rugged Western terrain he came from, won the heavyweight title in 1919 and held it for seven years. His greatest fights are some of boxing’s most famous, and his championship reign during the first half of the 1920’s defined him as a f…
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