Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Firpo: "Willard gave me hell. I expected a tough fight, but I didn't think he would last as long as he did. . . . Now I want a chance at Dempsey...
...Dempsey: "Of course, I am anxious to meet Firpo or Harry Wills, and it is up to my manager, Jack Kearns, to sign up one of them for a match for me on Labor...
Jack Johnson: "There are three persons in the world who can knock out Jack Dempsey. They are Firpo. Harry Wills and Jack Johnson...
...more obvious aspects of the battle showed that Dempsey's twoyears of idleness have mellowed his potency. No longer can he pulverize with a punch. No longer, indeed, can he always " connect " with that punch. His speed has lost its deadliness; his eye has fallen into error...
...Jack Dempsey: "A facetious editorial writer for The New York Times referred to me as ' Mr. John Dempsey.' My real name, as everyone knows, is William Harrison Dempsey...