Jack+Dempsey+and+Boxing

===William Harris Dempsey( The Manassa Mauler)was Born in Manassa Colorado on June, 24th 1895. He was one of the greatest boxers of all time and changed boxing forever. During his career he went 86-63 with 51 knockouts He was rated the 7th greatest boxer of all time and is now in the boxing hall of fame. While he was boxing he faced many controversy's including one of the most famous ones called the Long count when he was fighting Gene Tunny for the title of heavy weight champion and the ref started the count 4 seconds after Tunny had fallen giving him a total of 14 seconds to get back up. This means that Dempsey had won the fight but the official never called it.===

===media type="youtube" key="C5rDUbO4NSc" width="425" height="350" align="left"This fight generated the most money that a sporting event had ever generated in that time period bringing over $2,000,000 more than motor car racing and soccer the two biggest sports of that time. This fight was also the most controversial boxing match of all time because the ref did not start the count until after 5 seconds had already elapsed letting tunny compose himself and rest up enabling him to beat Dempsey in the last two rounds of the fight.===



===After the Loss towards Gene Tunny again he retired from boxing only competing in the occasional exhibition match. He then starred in the movie called The Prizefighter and the Lady which got quite good reviews back when it came out. After his movie he opened up a restaurant in Time Square NY called Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant Which was opened in 1935 and was later closed in 1974 just three years before his death. Jack Dempsey died in may of 1983 at the age of 87. He will always be remembered as on of the greatest boxers of all time and someone who helped shape boxing to the way it is today.===

By Cam Apse