Jack Dempsey

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human professional boxer world heavyweight boxing champion

Jack Dempsey was a legendary American heavyweight boxing champion of the 1910s and 1920s, famed for his aggressive, power-punching style and major influence on later fighters.

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Label Occurrences
Jack Dempsey canonical 6
William Harrison Dempsey 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
world heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ
birthName Jack Dempsey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Harrison Dempsey
businessVenture Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1895-06-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-05-31 ⓘ
dateTitleLost 1926-09-23 ⓘ
dateTitleWon 1919-07-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName Dempsey ⓘ
famousFor aggressive, power-punching style ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
World Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced Gene Tunney ⓘ
Mike Tyson ⓘ
Rocky Marciano ⓘ
later heavyweight boxers ⓘ
legacy one of the most popular sports figures of the 1920s ⓘ
pioneer of modern aggressive heavyweight boxing style ⓘ
mediaAppearance film and radio appearances in the 1920s and 1930s ⓘ
nickname Jack Dempsey self-link ⓘ
The Manassa Mauler ⓘ
notableEvent The Long Count Fight ⓘ
notableFight Dempsey–Tunney boxing matches ⓘ
surface form: Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney

Jack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier ⓘ
Jack Dempsey vs Jess Willard ⓘ
Jack Dempsey vs Luis Ángel Firpo ⓘ
notableWork autobiography "Dempsey" ⓘ
occupation boxer ⓘ
opponent Gene Tunney ⓘ
Georges Carpentier ⓘ
Jess Willard ⓘ
Luis Ángel Firpo ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manassa, Colorado, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion Latter-day Saint background ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
spouse Deanna Piatelli ⓘ
Estelle Taylor ⓘ
Hannah Williams ⓘ
Maxine Cates ⓘ
stance orthodox ⓘ
titleHeld World Heavyweight Championship ⓘ
surface form: World Heavyweight Champion
weightClass heavyweight ⓘ
yearsActive 1914–1927 ⓘ

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Mike Tyson → inspiredBy → Jack Dempsey ⓘ
World Boxing Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Jack Dempsey ⓘ
Estelle Taylor → spouse → Jack Dempsey ⓘ
Estelle Taylor → marriagePartner → Jack Dempsey ⓘ
World Heavyweight Champion → notableHolder → Jack Dempsey ⓘ
Jack Dempsey → birthName → Jack Dempsey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Harrison Dempsey
Jack Dempsey → nickname → Jack Dempsey self-link ⓘ