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Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

June 24, 2021June 29, 2021 Eliott McCormick 2 Comments Dempsey vs Carpentier, Dempsey vs Firpo, Dempsey vs Tunney, Gene Tunney, Georges Carpentier, Jack Dempsey, Jack Kearns, Jess Willard, Luis Firpo, Tex Rickard

If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified

April 5, 1915: Johnson vs Willard

April 5, 2021April 7, 2021 Michael Carbert 14 Comments Boxing, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, James J. Jeffries, Jess Willard, Mann Act

It is not for nothing that late scribe Jimmy Cannon called boxing “the red light district of sports.” Pugilism is

Max Baer movie

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The Prizefighter And The Lady

February 23, 2021July 24, 2021 Rihn & Curcio 0 Comments Barney Ross, Billy Papke, cinema, Clark Gable, Ernie Schaff, Frank Moran, Frankie Campbell, Hollywood, Jack Dempsey, Jess Willard, Lennox Lewis, Max Baer, movies, Primo Carnera, The Prizefighter And The Lady, Wladimir Klitschko

Boxing and cinema have always had a warm relationship. In fact, the very first feature film in the history of

Langford vs Wills

Nov. 26, 1914: Langford vs Wills II

November 26, 2020May 19, 2021 Hunter Breckenridge 0 Comments Boxing history, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Joe Jeannette, Langford vs Wills, Luis Firpo, Sam Langford, Sam McVea, Tommy Burns

The first two decades of the twentieth century were a time of rapid evolution for the sport of boxing. Legal

Fight City Legends: The Boston Gob

October 26, 2020May 19, 2021 Patrick Connor 0 Comments Jack Dempsey, Jack Sharkey, Jess Willard, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera

In boxing history, there are the champions and there are those who fight among them. For every Muhammad Ali, Joe

Is Bigger Really Better?

January 17, 2016March 20, 2016 Sean Crose 5 Comments Evander Holyfield, Gerry Cooney, Jack Dempsey, Jess Willard, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, Max Baer, Mike Tyson, Primo Canera, Rocky Marciano

Heavyweight champ Jess Willard was 6’6, but he was absolutely destroyed by Jack Dempsey who stood five inches shorter and

April 30, 1928: Sharkey vs Delaney

April 30, 2021May 3, 2021 David Como 2

The day after the fight, James A. Farley, Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, states there will be

March 25, 1958: Robinson vs Basilio II

March 25, 2021March 28, 2021 Michael Carbert 0

Sugar Ray Robinson, regarded by many as pound-for-pound the greatest boxer of all time, rarely found himself the underdog, but

March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

March 8, 2021March 11, 2021 Michael Carbert 22

Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed,

Feb. 11, 1990: Douglas vs Tyson

February 11, 2021February 13, 2021 Eliott McCormick 0

Thirty years ago today, it happened: Douglas vs Tyson. The biggest upset in boxing history. Every fan knows the narrative.