Jack Dempsey Research Paper

Muhammad Ali was a great boxer he was born January 17, 1942. He won the heavy weight champion he also went to jail because he did not want to service for his country so he was put in jail for five years. The reason why Muhammad Ali started to fight was because some stole his bike and Ali went to the police and the police told him that he needs to know how to fight so he started to train Ali and at 12 he knew that he had to fight. Muhammad won his first fight in 1954. In 1956 Ali to go win the golden gloves. Ali fought for the heavy weight a British champion. In 1963 Ali knocked out Sonny Liston and in 1964 became the heavy weight champion.

Boxing, an official sanctioned sport in the early 20th century, is a sport that is known as one of the most violent and physically demanding sports on the earth. Professional boxers that get paid to fight must be in top shape in order to preform at the highest level. Being a professional boxer is a tough life. Boxers train hard for many months leading up to one fight and either win, lose, knock out the opponent or even get knocked out. The sport has been around for centuries, but has most recently taken off over the last 100 years. It is a multibillion dollar industry with fighters taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars if not even millions of dollars for big matches. In his novel Papa Jack, Roberts tells the story of the famous African American boxer Jack Johnson. He details the boxers rise to fame and fortune and his downward spiral that would soon follow. In Papa Jack, Roberts displays life of a professional boxer through firsthand accounts with events that happened during Johnson’s life and shows how boxing not only influenced his life but also how he influenced the African American community.

     In 1942 he would join the U.S. Army, during the hard times of World War 2. During this time he fought close to 100 exhibitions before some 2 million servicemen. After the war, he knocked out Billy Conn again, and won three other fights, including two with Jersey Joe Walcott, before abdicating his title, and retiring. However, because he needed money to pay back taxes, he returned to boxing. After not fighting for two years, he lost a one sided-decision to his successor as champ, Ezzard Charles, in 1950. He then retired for good when Rocky Marciano knocked him out in the eighth round in 1951. Louis' boxing career earned him close to 5 million dollars, but most of his money was lost due to his extreme generosity. The IRS,

James Burke, also known as James Burke or the Deaf Un, was born December 8, 1809, in England. He was born with deafness (He can’t hear). He grew up living in a very poor family. His mother and father died when he was at a very young, so he really had no parents to help him with his boxing career. He worked on the River Thames as a waterman, before he had started his actual career. He started boxing professionally in 1828. Five years later, on May 30th he fought Simon Byrne (the Irish champion) for the World Heavyweight championship and won, the fight had lasted a total of three hours and six minutes, but the previous WHC (World Heavyweight Champion), Jem Ward,

Sugar Ray Robinson was the best boxer in history. Robinson won the Golden Glove Award in 1939 and 1940 and also won the world middleweight title 5 times, all within 7 years. He didn’t just box, he also did volunteer work at his hometown, helping at dinners, restaurants, and schools. Robinson had a big impact on the

James Braddock was a light heavyweight boxer who was forced to retire after breaking his hand in the last fight on September 25th, 1933. He began working as a laborer at the dock because he had no other source of income to support his family, and struggling to make money in order to pay for the heating and electric bills and buy food. James still had a dream to box, and months after retiring from boxing, Joe Gould wanted him to be a last-minute substitute to fight against the second-rank contender. James ended up winning, which nobody expected. After his last win, he was back to boxing. He constantly won fights after that.

Sixty years ago in a small town in rural Minnesota, there lived a rowdy young man by the name of Jack Smith. He had a very obsolete personality and could easily instigate a fight with anyone he met. By the age of seventeen, Jack had already been expelled from high school due to a myriad of reasons that included numerous fights. However, the final straw was when he hit a teacher in a fit of rage after Mr. Robencraw insulted his intelligence for failing yet another quiz due to his extreme procrastination. For years he wandered around Minnesota, a vagabond with no purpose in life. But that was until he met the legendary boxing trainer Rob Rammers , whose famous saying was scurry like a spider, sting like a scorpion. Meeting Mr. Rammers changed Jack's life completely. Under Mr. Rammers training Jack became a truly great boxer and soon, Rammers decided that it was time to take the world by storm. During his first fight, Jack was up against another powerful newcomer that was well documented and was the favorite for the fight. Jack was booed when e went into the ring, but he quickly quelled the crowd by delivering an instant knockout with his devastating right, and because of that right fist, he was thenceforth known as Bazooka Jack. His success did not

William 'Jack' Harrison Dempsey was born in Manassa, Colorado. He was one of eleven kids in the Dempsey family. The Dempsey family was very poor. He was a mix of Irish, Cherokee, and Jewish; he was the son of Celia Dempsey and Hyrum Dempsey. Dempsey was baptized in the LDS church on his 8th birthday. With frequent moves with the family they never really “grew up” in a single location; the family moved to where work was needed. Jack dropped out of elementary school and started to work to provide for his family. He left his family at the age of sixteen and traveled wherever, usually by sneaking on a train. He often fought for a small amount of money and then his legacy began.

beat up and his trainers thought it was time to stop the match. After that fight, Mayweather

Oscar's father was a big boxing fan, he absolutely loved the sport. He taught Oscar how to fight in the ring

“Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.” Jack Dempsey was a professional American boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927. Through hard work he reached the status of heavy weight champion and impacted the future of boxing.

On Friday night around 6:00 in a small town named Jacksonville. A detective named Patrick Maloney was found dead after reaching home from work. No one has a clue of what has happened to him. Detectives are trying their best to find information about the murder of Patrick Maloney. Police are trying to find any eye witnesses of who know any information of what happened to the Detective.

He met and fought opponents from around the world. He would tell them that he was the greatest boxer of all time. They all had different styles, but Cassius was lightning fast on his feet. He earned the right to brag as he defeated every opponent and earned the right to fight for the gold medal against the Polish champion, Zbigniew “Ziggy” Pietrzykowski, and this fight was one of his most challenging, Cassius had never fought a left handed boxer. After a hard fought battle against the polish champion, Cassius Clay became the Olympic champion.

Cassius clay, one of the world’s most distinguished boxers, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 7, 1942. Clays work ethic was apparent even in the early years of his life. As a child, he raced the school bus to school each morning. His friends would wave to him as the lead fluctuated based on the school bus’ stops. This work ethic extended to the classroom. Because of a learning disability, Clay had to work extra hard in school to not fall behind. Clay grew up with racial segregation all around him. These injustices sparked a passion in him to change the way people viewed African Americans: “I wanted to show that color didn’t matter”(Muhammad Ali: An American Legend). Clay’s boxing career began because of an incident when he was 12 years old. He and a friend rode their bikes to the Columbia Auditorium for The Louisville Home Show. When they were ready to go home, Clay discovered that his bike was stolen. Filled with rage, Clay wanted to retaliate. He found police officer, Joe Martin, who told him, “You better learn how to fight before you start challenging people that you’re gonna whoop” (Hauser 18). Martin became his coach, and although Clay never found the thief, he found a love of boxing that would continue throughout his life. Between the ages of 12 and 18, Clay

“I hated every minute of training, but i said dont quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life, A CHAMPION” -Muhammad Ali “Impossible is just a BIG word thrown around by small men, who find it easier to live in this world. They have been given, than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact it’s an opinion, impossible is a declaration, its a dare. Impossible is potential, impossible is temporary… IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING.” -Muhammad Ali “Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee.” -Muhammad Ali. In a very segregational 1960’s Muhammad Ali rose to the top through boxing. In many minds (20,455 and many more to be exact) Muhammad ali will be the greatest boxer that people will ever see. Due to winning the heavyweight championship three times and taking gold in the 1960 olympic games, as well as his agility, explosiveness, and just all around good character, Muhammad Ali is the best fighter this world will ever see.