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Everything changed after Dempsey destroyed Jess Willard on July 4, 1919. The heavyweight championship turned Dempsey into one of America’s…
Instead of going directly to a neutral corner, Dempsey remained near his fallen opponent, waiting for the opportunity to strike…
Jack Dempsey’s rise to the heavyweight championship did not begin when he defeated Jess Willard for the title. It began…
Building an entire 80,000-seat wooden stadium from scratch just for one afternoon is the kind of promotional gamble by Tex…