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This issue of
Fight Stories tells the story of "The First Jack Dempsey." Nonpareil Jack Dempsey was a Nineteenth Century boxer who mostly fought
as a middleweight. He started out fighting bare knuckle and later wore
gloves. He earned the nickname Nonpareil because we won something like
50 fights before his first defeat. His original family name was Kelly.
He was a smart boxer with a good punch using either hand. He won the
world middleweight title in 1890 in San Francisco against Professor
Billy McCarthy, and lost it the next year in New Orleans to Bob
Fitzsimmons, who was later heavyweight champion.
The Twentieth Century heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey took his name from the Nonpareil.
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| San Francisco Call, 02-November-1895 |
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey died of tuberculosis in 1895. He was 33 years
old. The image above shows him with his children.
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