Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Louis, now half a dozen overweight years past his prime, was warned by Jack Dempsey last week to quit the ring. Said Dempsey: "Louis is a lot farther over the hill than I was when I hung up the gloves in 1927. He ought to quit before he gets hurt and finds a permanent address on Queer Street...
After "working real hard at it," Jack Dempsey passed his real estate brokers' exam in California with a grade of 85, took his diploma, then hung out a gilt-lettered shingle in Beverly Hills and waited for the customers...
...Other ex-heavyweight champs who tried, and failed, to regain their titles: Gentleman Jim Corbett, 33, against Jim Jeffries in 1900; Bob Fitzsimmons, 40, against Jeffries in 1902; Jeffries, 35, against Jack Johnson in 1910; Jack Dempsey, 32, against Gene Tunney...
...Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Jeffries, Max Schmeling were all knocked out. Jack Dempsey was outpointed...
...Artist Bellows (1882-1925) painted the Dempsey-Firpo fight the year after Dempsey won it (in the second round). Stag at Sharkey's was one of the three early fight pictures which made Bellows famous...