FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack ...

It lasted only 237 seconds. There were 12 knockdowns. The two fighters were forever immortalized. One hundred years later, the Jack Dempsey-Luis Angel Firpo fight remains a classic. On Sept. 14, 1923, ...

It’s an embedded piece of Montana folklore. In the summer of 1923, a handful of wide-eyed local boosters in Shelby managed to lure the world heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey, and a leading ...

When Canadian cruiserweight Ryan Rozicki, 20-1-1 (19 KOs), enters the ring on May 3 to challenge Badou Jack, 28-3-3 (17 KOs), Rozicki will be trying to tap into the spirit of the legendary Jack ...

One century ago, a flippant idea sprung as a lark and intended as a publicity stunt steamrolled into one of history’s most memorable heavyweight championship fights. On July 4, 1923, Heavyweight Champ ...

Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey beat plucky challenger Tom Gibbons in Shelby, Mont., in what the Spokane Daily Chronicle described as the “biggest fiasco in the history of boxing.” The fiasco was not ...

It might be hard for a modern audience to imagine, but a century ago, heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey was the Taylor Swift of his time, a celebrity deeply woven into the fabric of American life. If he ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sepia toned photographic portrait of ...

It shouldn’t have ended the way it did. Not at that juncture of their careers. In July of 1927, aspiring heavyweight contender Jack Sharkey should have had his way with former champ Jack Dempsey. He ...