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Jack Dempsey

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A champion is someone ho gets up, een when he can't


— Jack Dempsey


#inspirational

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.


— Jack Dempsey


#come #down #height #hit #i

All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.


— Jack Dempsey


#him #hitting #i #thinking #time

By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.


— Jack Dempsey


#forget #forgetting #i #interests #into

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.


— Jack Dempsey


#chance #entitled #everybody #living #nobody

A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.


— Jack Dempsey


#champion #everybody #got #help #him

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.


— Jack Dempsey


#gets #someone #up #who

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.


— Jack Dempsey


#before #champion #gong #just #know

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.


— Jack Dempsey


#few #fighter #going #good #knows

I was a pretty good fighter. But it was the writers who made me great.


— Jack Dempsey


#good #great #i #made #me






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Did you know about Jack Dempsey?

Though it was deemed "the Fight of the Century" and many people who didn't know much about boxing thought Carpentier had a chance to win most experts anticipated a one-sided win for Dempsey and they were right. During World War II and while in the Coast Guard he coauthored with Professional wrestler Bernard J. " If anyone accepted the challenge bets would be wagered.

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey ("The Manassa Mauler") (June 24 1895 – May 31 1983) was an American professional boxer. He is listed #10 on The Ring's list of all-time heavyweights and #7 among its Top 100 Greatest Punchers. He held the World Heavyweight Championship from 1919 to 1926.

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