William Harrison Jack Dempsey was an American professional boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1919 to 1926. Known for an aggressive fighting style of constant bobbing, weaving and sustained attacks, he generated boxing's first million-dollar gate in 1921 and became one of the sport's most iconic figures of the 1920s. He was an inaugural inductee to multiple boxing halls of fame and was voted the greatest fighter of the past 50 years by the Associated Press in 1950. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Career HighlightHeld the world heavyweight boxing championship from 1919 to 1926 and generated the sport's first million-dollar gate in 1921; voted greatest fighter of the past 50 years by the Associated Press in 1950. 1 Classification
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He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.
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He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.
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He is ranked sixth on The Ring magazine's list of all-time heavyweights and fourth among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers, while in 1950 the Associated Press voted him as the greatest fighter of the past 50 years.
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William Harrison Jack Dempsey was an American professional boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1919 to 1926.
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