Painting depicting Jack Dempsey's brutal 1919 win over Jess Willard to seize the heavyweight championship, by Joseph Sheppard for a 1964… | Instagram
![Jack Dempsey (Right) traps Jess Willard in a corner during the Heavyweight Boxing Championships at Toledo, Ohio, USA. Dempsey kept the title until Tunney took it off him in 1926. 4th July Jack Dempsey (Right) traps Jess Willard in a corner during the Heavyweight Boxing Championships at Toledo, Ohio, USA. Dempsey kept the title until Tunney took it off him in 1926. 4th July](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2GJ0D78/jack-dempsey-right-traps-jess-willard-in-a-corner-during-the-heavyweight-boxing-championships-at-toledo-ohio-usa-dempsey-kept-the-title-until-tunney-took-it-off-him-in-1926-4th-july-1919-2GJ0D78.jpg)
Jack Dempsey (Right) traps Jess Willard in a corner during the Heavyweight Boxing Championships at Toledo, Ohio, USA. Dempsey kept the title until Tunney took it off him in 1926. 4th July
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Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard - 100 years on from the most brutal of heavyweight championship triumphs - The Ring
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100 Hundred Years Ago Today: Jack Dempsey Crushes Jess Willard To Become World Heavyweight King - Boxing News
![Historic Boxing on X: "Strike a pose - Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard pictured during their 1919 heavyweight world title fight and again in 1939 when they re-enacted the famous image. https://t.co/R99YaGNoFD" / Historic Boxing on X: "Strike a pose - Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard pictured during their 1919 heavyweight world title fight and again in 1939 when they re-enacted the famous image. https://t.co/R99YaGNoFD" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FE5garxXIAkjTXQ.jpg:large)
Historic Boxing on X: "Strike a pose - Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard pictured during their 1919 heavyweight world title fight and again in 1939 when they re-enacted the famous image. https://t.co/R99YaGNoFD" /
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Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard - 100 years on from the most brutal of heavyweight championship triumphs - The Ring
Postcard: Jack Dempsey Knocks Out Jess Willard, July 4, 1919, and Becomes Champion of the World | National Portrait Gallery
![BLTV on X: "On this day in 1919 Jack Dempsey brutalized Jess Willard for the Heavyweight Title scoring 7 knockdowns in round 1 https://t.co/qhRfHAEsbl" / X BLTV on X: "On this day in 1919 Jack Dempsey brutalized Jess Willard for the Heavyweight Title scoring 7 knockdowns in round 1 https://t.co/qhRfHAEsbl" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmhPgnLWgAI6rOS.jpg)