Manassa is a haven of memoriesof its most famous son,highlighted by the Jack Dempseymuseum (on postcard atleft) that is a renovation ofthe heavyweight champion'sbirthplace. Dempsey talkedof his ...

The bronze sculpture of Manassa’s favorite son still greets visitors to the town’s Jack Dempsey Park & Museum.

Robust and powerful, Dempsey demonstrated a talent for fighting, and embarked on a career as professional boxer “Jack” Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler.

A world heavyweight champion in the 1920s, Jack \"The Manassa Mauler\" Dempsey, was one of Colorado's most celebrated athletes.

Born in Manassa to a poor family, Jack Dempsey left home at age 16. To earn spare cash, he entered saloons and challenged all comers to fight him. Seeing his natural talent for boxing, his brother ...

Object Details referenced Dempsey, Jack Description (Brief) Hardback book, "The True Story of the Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey", by Nat Fleischer, CJ O'Brien, Inc., 1929, 157 pages. The front cover has ...

William Harrison 'Jack' Dempsey was born on June 24, 1895, in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey, known as the 'Manassa Mauler,' started his professional boxing career in 1914 and was the world ...

For most of his 87 years, boxing legend Jack Dempsey was known the world over as “The Manassa Mauler.” During his heyday in the 1920s when he reigned as the World Heavyweight champion, Dempsey ...

Dempsey had spent half his career riding the railways and fist fighting. Nicknamed the Manassa Mauler after his Colorado hometown, he was terrifically exciting and reckless.

William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey was born to Hyrum and Celia Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado, in 1895. His father was a miner who moved his family to Colorado and Utah mining camps.