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...style, which the system found so outrageous, was appreciated by many blacks who understood its origin and effect. Whites also learned a lesson from Johnson. At least, Tex Rickard did. The promoter of the Johnson-Jeffries contest. Rickard later went on to manage Jack Dempsey, and in that capacity displayed the knowledge he had gotten from Johnson by never allowing his man to face Henry Wills, a black fighter whom some felt was a good as Johnson. Johnson himself never got another shot at Fat City, but he did not need...
...Jack Dempsey v. Luis Firpo...
...Gene Tunney v. Jack Dempsey...
...Jack Dempsey v. Jack Sharkey...
...Gene Tunney v. Jack Dempsey...