There is some dispute about how long Jack and his down-on-their-luck family lived in Manassa before beginning a series of moves that took the Dempseys to a handful of other Colorado towns. Dempsey ...

CONEJOS COUNTY – At 9 years old, Michelle Richardson didn’t exactly know how to process her firsthand encounter with Manassa’s legendary prizefighter. “It was in July of 1966 at our annual ...

A world heavyweight champion in the 1920s, Jack \"The Manassa Mauler\" Dempsey, was one of Colorado's most celebrated athletes. The one-room cabin where he was born is the location of the Jack ...

The Manassa Mauler. Season 2 Episode 203 | 28m 19s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A look at the early life of one of the state’s most renowned native sons, Jack Dempsey. Aired 10/02/2014 ...

This week we’re featuring profiles of Jack Dempsey and Mary Elitch Long. William H. “Jack” Dempsey – World Heavyweight Champion, (1895-1983) Born in Manassa to a poor family, Jack Dempsey left home at ...

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 ...

Over 100 years on, Jack Dempsey — the Manassa Mauler — is still a boxing legend. ... 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.

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 a black line drawing of a ...

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 ...