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    better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, who was the first holder of the World Middleweight Championship (1884–1891). He was nicknamed "Nonpareil" because of...
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  • been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). As of October 14, 2024. Keys:  C ...
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  • (1920–2007), British wrestler Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (1862–1896), Irish-born middleweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey (Australian footballer) (1919–2006)...
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    William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed...
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  • Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (1862–1895), Irish boxer HMS Nonpareil, several ships Nonpareil, a rag composed by Scott Joplin published in 1907 Nonpareil,...
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  • (born 1953), Irish politician Nonpareil Dempsey (1862–1895), ring name of Irish-born American boxer John Kelly Patrick Dempsey (born 1966), American actor...
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    was the site of the first middleweight boxing championship, when Nonpareil Jack Dempsey defeated George Fulljames in 1884 for the title. At the southeastern...
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    won his first world title from Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey. Fitzsimmons knocked out Dempsey (from whom the later Jack Dempsey took his name) in the 13th round...
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  • with Dempsey. Lineal world champions World Heavyweight Championship – John L. Sullivan World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey Events...
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    Sullivan World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe The Canadian Championship is not held...
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  • 1880s-Claimed Title ca. 1885-Moved up in Weight "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey USA 1885 1892-Retired Jack McAuliffe-Last Bare-knuckle Champion/First Gloved...
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    with Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey as the original World Middleweight Champion. The weight limit for middleweights at this time is 154 pounds. Dempsey will...
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  • Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey → Bob Fitzsimmons World Welterweight Championship – title vacant World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe World...
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    sparring with O'Brien. O'Brien was also the chief second to Jack Dempsey at the 1926 Dempsey-Tunney bout in Philadelphia. Retiring in 1910, counting newspaper...
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  • James DeGale Oscar De La Hoya Carlos De León Tony DeMarco Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey Jack Dempsey Adrian Diaconu Kid Diamond David Díaz Juan Díaz Nate Diaz...
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    and may have taken the third. Smith would meet Battling Levinsky and Jack Dempsey on several occasions in his career, and was considered one of the top...
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    aka Jack Dempsey, aka Nonpareil Dempsey,[circular reference] who was 9 years older than William Amos Smith and a weight class above him. Dempsey was the...
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    the victor. Other noted champions were Tom Hyer, Yankee Sullivan, Nonpareil Dempsey, Tom Sharkey, Bob Fitzsimmons, and John Morrissey. Classical pugilism...
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  • British general during World War I (died 1939). 15 December – Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, boxer (died 1896). Gertrude Kelly, surgeon and radical activist...
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    to the United States in an attempt to take the World title from Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey. Described as "one of the best little fighters that ever lived"...
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  • Militia of Canada from 1874 to 1880 (born 1819). 1 November – Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, boxer (born 1862). 31 December – Leland Hone, cricketer (born...
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    Sullivan World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe The Canadian Rugby Football Union ceases...
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    would be facing Nonpareil Dempsey at the Californian Athletic Club for a purse of $1,800, which was noted to be unusually low for Dempsey's standards. A...
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    heavyweight champion Jack Dillon, middleweight George Chip and heavyweight Willie Meehan, who had beaten future heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey earlier in the...
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  • Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey World Welterweight Championship – Paddy Duffy World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe The Dominion...
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    Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey World Welterweight Championship – Paddy Duffy World Lightweight Championship – Jack McAuliffe Ottawa College...
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    champion Jack Dempsey on November 6, 1918, and lost in Philadelphia from a third-round knockout administered by a left to the jaw. Dempsey connected...
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    (2011) Al Bernstein (2012) A.F. Bettinson (2011) Whitey Bimstein (2006) Jack Blackburn (1992) William A. Brady (1998) Umberto Branchini (2004) Teddy Brenner...
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  • Championship – John L. Sullivan World Middleweight Championship – Jack Nonpareil Dempsey World Welterweight Championship – Paddy Duffy → title vacant following...
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    Eadestown GAA Leighton Aspell: twice Grand National-winning jockey Nonpareil Dempsey: boxer Matt Goff: Gaelic footballer Willoughby Hamilton: tennis player...
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