A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. He was the Manassa Mauler. He was Jack the Giant Killer. He was a popular sports figure in the New York City nightclub ...

When Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), enters the ring on May 3 to challenge Badou Jack, 28-3-3 (17 KOs), Rozicki will be trying to tap into the spirit of the legendary Jack ...

FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

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 ...

For most of his 87 years, boxing legend Jack Dempsey was known the world over as “The Manassa Mauler.” During his heyday in the 1920s when he reigned as the World Heavyweight champion, Dempsey was as ...

More than 1,000 fans showed up to greet heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey when his train pulled into Spokane. “Then Jack stepped from the train,” The Spokesman-Review said. “The greeting was ...

William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey, world heavyweight champion from 1919-26, came to Hendersonville in April 1926 to promote Commodore J. Perry Stoltz’s Laurel Park Estates and Fleetwood Hotel. The ...