TOLEDO, Ohio — July 4, 1919: It came to be known as "Toledo's Day in the Sun," the historic Jack Dempsey/Jess Willard fight in Bayview Park on Summit Street. An estimated 50,000 people crammed into ...
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It's one of boxing's most endearing legends. Jack Dempsey went to bed on the night of July 4, 1919, after knocking out Jess Willard to claim the heavyweight championship of the world and dreamed about ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — On July 4, 1919, boxer Jack Dempsey became heavyweight champion of the world after battering Jess Willard for three rounds. However, during one sparring session weeks before, ...
The legendary fight lives in the 1944 painting Dempsey-Willard Fight (above in detail) by James Montgomery Flagg, capturing the sense of a mass of humanity watching a hard-fought contest. NPG, gift of ...
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