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	jack dempsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Firpo became the first hispanic to challenge for the world Heavyweight title, and Dempsey had him down seven times in round one, but Firpo found a combination to the head that dropped Dempsey outside the ring and on all fours before the end of the round.
		Dempsey was losing the fight on points by a wide margin when he knocked Tunney to the canvas with a left and right combination to the chin in the seventh round.
		Jack Dempsey is buried in the Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, New York.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Jack_Dempsey.html (1678 words)

	Luis Firpo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Firpo became the first (An American whose first language is Spanish) hispanic in history to challenge for the world's Heavyweight championship when he met Dempsey.
		Firpo was floored seven times before he trapped Dempsey against the ropes and launched a combination that sent Dempsey out of the ring in round one.
		Dempsey hit his head against a writer's typing machine, and for one moment, it looked as if Firpo would become the first hispanic in history to become world Heavyweight champion.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Lu/Luis_Firpo.htm (752 words)

	Jack Dempsey - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895-May 31, 1983), was a famous boxer who won the world Heavyweight title.
		Dempsey was aware of the rule in which a fighter who knocks down an opponent must immediately go to a neutral corner, but he refused to immediately move to the neutral corner when instructed by the referee after knocking down Tunney in the 7th round.
		Dempsey knocked down Tunney with a left and right combination to the chin, and he stayed near his opponent for about 5 seconds, staring him down and not listening to the referee's instructions to proceed to a neutral corner.
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	Jack Dempsey versus Luis Firpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dempsey versus Firpo took place on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York, New York.
		Dempsey had been champion since 1919, and Firpo was one of the top Heavyweights of the world, nicknamed "El Toro de las Pampas" ("The wild bull of the Pampas").
		Dempsey was hit by a ringside writing machine during this fall, and he suffered a severe cut to the back of his head.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Jack-Dempsey-versus-Luis-Firpo.htm (546 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Luis Firpo' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Firpo became the first hispanic in history to challenge for the world's Heavyweight championship when he met Dempsey.
		Firpo's popularity around Latin America could not be measured until years later, when a professional football team in El Salvador, a Latin American country that is thousands of miles away from Firpo's Argentina, was named after him.
		On his passing in 1960, Luis Firpo was buried in La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticleFull173620.html (676 words)

	Boxing's Greatest Upsets Book by Thomas Myler - Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dempsey, the 'Manassa Mauler', was regarded as one of the most formidable of the heavyweight champions, a killing machine who had mowed down all opposition since winning the title from brave Jess Willard in July 1919.
		Dempsey was labelled a 'slacker' and a 'draft dodger' and it took years for him to be able to live it down.
		Dempsey and Kearns were so confident that they bet their entire purse of $10,000 that Jess would not last a round -- and at odds of 10/1, they stood to win $100,000.
	www.genetunney.org /upsets1.html (2458 words)

	All words on Jack Dempsey
		There is another article on the fish commonly called Jack Dempsey.'' ----- Jack Dempsey was world champion in 1919 William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895-May 31, 1983), was a famous boxer who won the world heavyweight title.
		Jack Dempsey and [[Georges Carpentier boxed in the first million dollar gate.]] One more defense followed, versus Bill Brennan, before he had to face world Light Heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier of France, in what became boxing's first million dollar gate ever.
		Dempsey in [[Chicago, hoisting his wife, Estelle Taylor, on his right shoulder]] He got married to actress Estelle Taylor, a Hollywood star, during 1925 and started appearing in some films and doing more exhibition bouts, but he did not defend his title again until 1926.
	www.allwords.org /ja/jack-dempsey.html (1878 words)

	Jack Dempsey - Dangeruss-Industries.com
		William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895-May 31, 1983), was an American boxer who won the world heavyweight title.
		After this fight, Dempsey's fame reached unexpected heights, becoming one of the top five sports stars in the United States in 1920s, along with baseball's Babe Ruth, tennis' Bill Tilden, American football's Red Grange and golf's Bobby Jones.
		In '26, Dempsey fought former US Marine Gene Tunney in Philadelphia, losing his title on points in ten rounds in front of a record crowd announced at 120,557.
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	The Roaring Twenties
		There was much talk in the era of a lively ball (versus the dead ball era), but the only changes were to replace the rubber center with cork in 1910, and to cushion the cork in 1926.
		Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champ from 1919 to 1926, rivaled Babe Ruth as the most popular athlete in America in the Twenties.
		On September 14, 1923, facing Luis Firpo of Argentina, he scored seven knockdowns in the first round, but was knocked completely out of the ring himself.
	www.the-roaring-twenties.com /sports.html (1008 words)

	Newspaper Article - Gene Tunney versus Jack Dempsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Dempsey, in the opening rounds, is giving the challenger some of his best shots--punches that formerly kayoed the likes of Luis Firpo and bludgeoned gigantic Jess Willard.
		Dempsey, in a crouch, tried hooks to the body, but Tunney evaded them and continued peppering the champ's face with piercing jabs.
		Dempsey had his man--but could not finish him.
	www.genetunney.com /newspaper3.html (763 words)

	ESPN.com: September Classic Moments
		Dempsey survives two knockdowns, including one in which he is knocked clear out of the ring by the Argentinean, and retains his heavyweight championship.
		Dempsey uses Firpo for a punching bag in the second round before knocking him out, ending the fight after three minutes and 57 seconds of mayhem.
		It is the fight when Jack Dempsey knocks Gene Tunney to the canvas for more than the 10 seconds required for a knockout but loses the heavyweight championship fight anyway.
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	Bedside Book of Boxing by O. F. Snelling - Chapter 22 Gene Tunney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		There is a story to the effect that he once gave Jack Dempsey quite a pasting in a gymnasium sparring bout.
		Dempsey had not fought seriously for three years: during that time his name had become a legend and he was looked upon as invincible.
		Dempsey may not have been quite the same man he had been three or four years earlier, but this makes no difference.
	www.genetunney.org /bedside1.html (2620 words)

	Jack Dempsey - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier boxed in the first million dollar gate.
		In his second match that year, he met Argentina's Luis Firpo in a historic fight at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
		Dempsey in Chicago, hoisting his wife, Estelle Taylor, on his right shoulder
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Jack_Dempsey (1644 words)

	Luis Firpo . October 11 . 1960 . 1920 . 1936 . April 20 . 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Born in the Junín, Argentina area, he was nicknamed The Wild Bull of The Pampas.
		Originally declared a no decision, the bout s result was later changed to a win for Firpo.
		Firpo s multimillionaire success after retirement from the ring.]
	www.uk.kunsimuna.net /Luis_Firpo_UK_973799_bj (623 words)

	Ring, Rhyme & Reason - August 1999
		The heavyweight picture changed dramatically when Jack Johnson became one of the most controversial figures and the first fl man to every hold the title.
		Willard, a four-year champion, ushered in one of the most colorful dramatic champions in history when he was KO'd in Toledo, Ohio by Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler.
		Max Schmeling from Germany and Jack Sharkey from Boston were paired for the championship.
	www.aaib.org /aaib_ring_rhyme_and_reason/rrr082599.htm (1187 words)

	ESPN.com - Lewis-Tua takes tedium to new heights
		Everyone at the Mandalay Bay's Event Center who watched Lennox Lewis dance that off-balance dance of his, and David Tua basically march in place for 12 rounds, agreed that this was the fighting equivalent to drinking a bottle of cough syrup.
		This was not Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier or Larry Holmes versus Ken Norton.
		Now the only fight left to make in what was once the glamour division of boxing is the villain versus the super villain, Mike Tyson.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=873344&type=story (913 words)

	HBO PPV.com > Web Exclusives > Bert's Boxing Beat
		It was a scenario that had been repeated many times before, a good little man versus a good big man. Corbett versus Sullivan, Dempsey versus Willard, and the classic, David versus Goliath.
		It was Conn’s 169 pounds versus Louis’ 204 despite the announced weights of 175 and 199, boxer versus puncher, machine gun versus howitzer.
		With the reviving smell of ammonia stinging his nostrils and the words of his trainer, Jack Blackburn-- "you need to knock him out to win"--stinging his ears, Louis came out of his corner for the 13th, hellbent on finding his quarry and bringing him to bay.
	www.hboppv.com /web_exclusives/bert_sugar/june04.shtml (2107 words)

	WAIL! \| The CBZ Journal \| September 2004
		After this grandiose bout, Firpo continued his career, but not with the previous enthusiasm, and he won over European champion Erminio Spalla (KO in 14 and on points) and fought to a No Contest with the legendary Harry Wills over 12 rounds.
		Like with Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Emile Griffith had serious difficulties in his bouts with Jorge, winning in very controversial decisions in the first two fights.
		The second defeat before Monzón was less controversial than the first, demoralized Jorge, who resolved to retire, though he returned to the ring, fighting in Europe, where he crowned his brilliant career by obtaining the Spanish middleweight championship with a brief victory over Pablo Sánchez (TKO 2, in Zaragoza, in 1973).
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/w0904-cameron.html (2016 words)

	Luis Firpo Details, Meaning Luis Firpo Article and Explanation Guide
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	BerniesInsiders.com: What's Gonna Happen: Week 12
		It started with a dispute over how I served his beer and the next thing I knew, the fans were involved.
		We ate in an elevated ring, much like an old Jack Dempsey fight and Don King offered it live on Pay-per-View because I promised, like every year, to play the part of a battered and shell-shocked Luis Firpo.
		Holiday dinners sell out because the action is special in an All-American guilt-trip kind of way.
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