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Join the roomWilliam Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), apelidado Kid Blackie e The Manassa Mauler, foi um boxeador profissional americano que competiu de 1914 a 1927, e reinou como campeão mundial dos pesos-pesados de 1919 a 1926. Um ícone cultural dos anos 1920, o estilo de luta agressivo de Dempsey e seu poder de soco excepcional o tornaram um dos boxeadores mais populares da história. Muitas de suas lutas estabeleceram recordes financeiros e de público, incluindo o primeiro portão de um milhão de dólares. Ele foi pioneiro na transmissão ao vivo de eventos esportivos em geral, e de lutas de boxe em particular.
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.”
“Nobody has to go hungry today. There is plenty of work for a man who wants to work. A kid can make plenty of dough for himself doing almost anything. I was hungry. I had to fight my way along. Freights and the like, fight, fight all the time. The life was tough, but it hardened you.”
“When I was a young fellow I was knocked down plenty. I wanted to stay down, but I couldn’t. I had to collect the two dollars for winning or go hungry. I had to get up. I was one of those hungry fighters. You could have hit me on the chin with a sledgehammer for five dollars. When you haven’t eaten for two days you’ll understand.”
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