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Jack Dempsey

American boxer (1895–1983)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and was world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. 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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The public source identifies “Jack Dempsey” as american boxer (1895–1983). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jack, Dempsey and American.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1914, 1927, 1919, 1926—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jack, Dempsey and American providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Jack Dempsey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.