Jack Dempsey's reign as heavyweight champ coincided with the appearance of both sanctioning bodies and mob influence in boxing. Watch to find out how the greatest champion of his day dealt with the reigning boss of bosses.
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@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
For more info regarding Jack Dempsey, pick up these books: A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey & the Roaring ’2Os by Roger Kahn Jack Dempsey: The Manassa Mauler by Randy Roberts
@DudeSilad8 ай бұрын
My father in law used to frequent Dempsey's restaurant in the 60's when he was in Manhattan. We have a fantastic picture of him and Jack.
@Vjl52808 ай бұрын
They need to adapt this into a screenplay. I think a movie about Dempsey and the roaring 20s would be an outstanding film.
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
A made for TV biopic of Dempsey is available on KZfaq. Treat Williams plays Jack.
@shaundavenport6219 ай бұрын
My favourite fighter from the greatest era!!Mannassa Mauler!!!😊
@johnishikawa22008 ай бұрын
Jack Dempsey was a great heavy weight boxer , and an honorable man . The anecdote in this video confirms that . I grew up in Brooklyn , New York , and a couple of times when in Manhattan , my family and I would have dinner at Jack Dempsey's restaurant on Broadway , which was a landmark . We saw him in there on one occasion , and he approached our table and was very attentive , making sure that everything was to our liking . I was only ten years old at the time , and Mr. Jack Dempsey was , in the eyes of my family a really nice gentleman , and he seemed genuinely interested in us , and that we were enjoying ourselves . I will remember Mr. Jack Dempsey fondly for the rest of my life .
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Great story!! Thanks!
@anonymousf4548 ай бұрын
Was he a pimp or something at one time? I heard that somewhere
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
@@anonymousf454 Dempsey said no. "Doc" Kearns, his manager, said yes. Dempsey at age 19 was broke, and his wife Maxine had already worked in the "trade"; so, maybe the story is true.
@anonymousf4548 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGS Its been a long time since I read about it, but if I recall it said he used to break in the new ones...lol....idk man, seems plausible, seeing how he came from such a rough and tumble background. Did he and Kearns have a falling out or something?
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
I wish I could have met him. I've heard other stories like yours and they all say Dempsey was a genuine nice guy. Both my grandpas were Dempsey fans.
@bookaufman96439 ай бұрын
When I was twelve or thirteen I read a biography of Jack Dempsey. A lot of it was about surviving being poor and fighting in hobo camps and stuff like that. He also talked about being a Jack Mormon a lot which is a Mormon who left the church. It was a really interesting read. One of the greatest boxers of all time
@carlomiller19848 ай бұрын
Al Capone funded "soup kitchens" all over Chicago during the Great Depression, even after he went to prison. When he was asked by Frank Nitti if Capone wanted to close down the soup kitchens after he went to prison, he said no. I know this because my dad, who was born in 1928, in Little Italy in Chicago, in dire poverty, just he and his mother, and with no father at home, ate in these soup kitchens on a regular basis, as did many people during the depression. If you can find an elderly black American today in Chicago who remembers, they will tell you straight out that, Al Capone saved them from starvation. His soup kitchens were all over the city of Chicago and many people had nowhere else to get food to eat. Oddly enough, the wealthy elites in Chicago who used the IRS to bring down Capone, did not care to spend their money to feed anyone during the depression as Capone did, as far as I know. Another myth I'd like to dispel is that Elliot Ness did nothing that hindered Capone. Ness was a lush who drank every day of his life during the prohibition and had to buy his booze illegally just like everyone else did. The book about Ness and the "Untouchables" was complete fiction. Lies that Ness told an author who Ness met in a bar in Cleveland where Ness went to drink everyday while "working" as the head of Cleveland's detectives.
@carlomiller19848 ай бұрын
PS: It is said in Chicago that Capone was injected with sciphelis while in prison. He was told it was a vaccine.
@jimmylight48668 ай бұрын
Yup
@altagraciaadames34838 ай бұрын
@@jimmylight4866wow I like to quote Mr Mic 🎤 Jagger If all the cops 👮♂️ are criminals Then all The Criminals are Saints!!!!! Mmmm Yeah!!!!!
@jimmylight48668 ай бұрын
@@altagraciaadames3483 Well I vote to keep organized crime just that organized.
@imeka2228 ай бұрын
Well written my friend... Respect from Manchester UK...
@FOERTYFIVERS459 ай бұрын
Dempsey was my great grandmother Hulda Dempseys cousin...small world
@RyanKlein159 ай бұрын
Brennan was winning on points in his fight against Dempsey. Dempsey's legs were weak during this fight from taking in all the sites of the town at night with his brunette. In the later rounds Jack Kearns had to yell profanities at Dempsey to get him riled up. Dempsey always fought his best when angry. This did the trick which led to Dempsey getting the knockout and winning the fight.
@robertdipaola34479 ай бұрын
Your right, Brennan was indeed leading on points, not only that, but Dempsey 's ear was hanging on a thread, and he knew a knockout soon after that was his only way to win, between the points lead and stoppage due to his ear injury
@vijayvijay41238 ай бұрын
@@robertdipaola3447What? Ear was torn 😮 did he undergo surgery later ?
@robertdipaola34478 ай бұрын
@@vijayvijay4123 he must have, he claimed in his autobiography Jack Demsey, by the man himself, that was the case, Dempsey fought Brennan twice, I believe this happened during there second fight, he had to rally also, Demsey was behind on points
@NoNameEst19929 ай бұрын
What's Al capone doing with a selfie stick in the thumbnail 😂
@DJR1008 ай бұрын
Interesting to learn of Dempsey's integrity. A lot of historians when speaking of him emphasize his brutal fighting style but don't bring out the fact that he was a really decent guy underneath that.
@wendellbenedict47938 ай бұрын
I once met a man that told me that no one could ever say anything bad about Al Capone around his Grandmother. It turns out that she was from Chicago and that if it hadn't been for food given to her family by Capone when she was a little girl that they would have starved.
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Many other stories back up that one from the grandmother!!
@stanleyvictor63038 ай бұрын
Always like to hear early boxing Jack Dempsey,Babe Ruth in baseball ,what their purse was how they live.
@sushicooking9 ай бұрын
Great content as always ET
@ko09748 ай бұрын
Irish and Cherokee certainly makes a great specimen....He was such fantastic boxer and sound guy ...
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
Louis was Cherokee too. I think that explains the terrific power those two could generate despite not really having big muscles.
@ko09748 ай бұрын
@@nelsonmcatee3721 uses I think from his mums side...power and accurate punches ..for sure
@chairlesnicol6728 ай бұрын
@@nelsonmcatee3721Was his mom Cherokee?
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
@@chairlesnicol672 I think it was his grandma. Full blooded
@brandonraykirk29258 ай бұрын
No Native American ancestors in his immediate family tree. Sorry.
@johnpoulter17 күн бұрын
Nice job, enjoyed that look into other aspects of Jack Dempsey's life. Thank you👍
@itsgleneaton48839 ай бұрын
When my step father was a kid living in Chicago one day he missed school and was on a pier when he saw a really nice car drive up and stop about a hundred yards from him. Two guys got out opened the trunk and took out what looked like a huge carpet with something rapped in it (like a body) and they dumped it in the ocean. One of the men then walked up to him and threw him a coin and said “You didn’t see anything did you kid”. And he said no and they left. That coin bought him a lot of goodies that day. The next day during breakfast his father was reading the paper and on the front page he recognized the man who threw him the coin and the heading read”Al Capone arrested for tax evasions.
@ET-RAMBLINGS9 ай бұрын
Great story! Thanks.
@zackminn9 ай бұрын
There is no “ocean” in Chicago btw
@KINGFAROOQ12169 ай бұрын
Oh for christ sakes, you should know where he is talking about.....
@brianbenji13989 ай бұрын
No ocean in Chicago
@KINGFAROOQ12169 ай бұрын
You doofuses can't figure out he's talking about the f****** Great Lakes.
@murraykelm56919 ай бұрын
100 years ago he was in the middle of his reign.
@jasonladd64008 ай бұрын
Jack Dempsey a great man of his time. Rip.
@chriso15853 ай бұрын
I’m aware of the stories but still love to hear them told, great channel!
@ET-RAMBLINGS3 ай бұрын
Thanks much!!
@johnreidy28049 ай бұрын
That was a great video I really enjoyed it. Thank you
@Johnnybratton8028 ай бұрын
My family is from Chicago since 1872. Do not mythologize Capone. The St Valentines Day massacre did him in. My family were blue collar not elite and they were glad to see Capone go down. He like the drug cartels who feed the poor in Mexico did this to gain acceptance with the population. Nice , but you can’t have a safe city with rampant murders. Capone was a murderer. As a kid I used to ride my bike into the cartage company wher the massacre took place at Clark and Dickens. The bullet holes were still in the wall. They chased us out😄. The building was torn down in the late 60’s and is now a senior citizens apartment building Mythologizing Capone is no different than mythologizing the drug cartels. Neither belong in a civilized society.
@jaysonb.66698 ай бұрын
Than why did he still fund the soup kitchens & turkey giveaways after he went to prison? I wouldn't put Capone on the same shelf with Cartel savages.
@Johnnybratton8028 ай бұрын
@@jaysonb.6669 uhhh, he extorted from everyone. My family had a tavern. They killed your or took over your business if you did give them money and buy beer from them. They held a guy to my uncles head. They killed his friend who would not comply. Do you know anything about the Chicago Outfit?
@Johnnybratton8028 ай бұрын
@@jaysonb.6669 and I suspect you are of Italian heritage.
@jaysonb.66698 ай бұрын
@@Johnnybratton802 I know about relatives from Canada who sold whiskey shipments to Capone and only met him a few times but said he was a fair, jolly guy. The Jewish gangs from Detroit (before the mob took over) were ruthless and regularly ripped off/murdered suppliers.
@Johnnybratton8028 ай бұрын
@@jaysonb.6669 and Capone was a murderer thug. You believe what you want. My family and thousands of others suffered under Capone End of discussion for me.
@georgeduarte86278 ай бұрын
Thank You for the video
@joshuawaltz94848 ай бұрын
This is a great channel. Love all the history. Jack Dempsey has always been a huge inspiration to me.
@martinburke3629 ай бұрын
6ft 1in 186lbs can you imagine him being as big as today's fighters
@KD400_8 ай бұрын
He wouldn't be heavyweight today though
@roymunson18 ай бұрын
He'd be a light heavyweight, or a cruiserweight at best. Same with the likes of Marciano and Ali.
@Maynard-il1yjАй бұрын
@@KD400_he would cause he would be roided out like they all are
@abudujana138 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video
@2696ize9 ай бұрын
Great story ! Thank you !
@luxlife17728 ай бұрын
Excellent stories ,expertly executed.Can't wait to see what else you produce.
@pugil1stАй бұрын
Wonderful stuff, ET!
@brandonraykirk29258 ай бұрын
Jack Dempsey's parents were from Logan County, WV. They were Mormons who traveled West, which is why he was born in Colorado. His family returned to WV, where he was raised in Logan County.
@SOSchangedme8 ай бұрын
Very well done thank you.
@luqmanmohames6779 ай бұрын
great story and nice vid
@bryanarnold11497 ай бұрын
What a story! And I truly enjoyed your ‘rambling’ style of storytelling. I’ve subscribed.
@_friedie8 ай бұрын
The day Al Capone was arrested in 1931, he had planned to meet Max Schmeling on a private party of his. Schmeling met Augi Scalfaro there instead and Augi asked Max if he would win his next fight and then placed a wager on Max for his upcoming world heavyweight title defence against Young Stribling. After Max had kayoed Stribling the Champ received a small package from Augi with a very valuable wrist watch in it....
@_friedie8 ай бұрын
The guy Max met, Augi Scalfaro, was a good friend of "Joe the Boss" Masseria. Max also met Masseria on that party in Miami, who was killed only weeks later.
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
The narrator is right. Big Bill Thompson was the mayor of Chicago and he let Capone do his thing. Thompson was a Republican and the last Republican mayor Chicago ever had. He was defeated by Pushcart Tony in 1931. Another thing, Capone being a blue collar guy from New York, he wouldn't have liked high society Tunney from Manhattan.
@J4sse8 ай бұрын
Woooow, thanks for the story! i think i found a new channel. What a gem 💎.
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Thanks!!!!
@pfitzger2e19 ай бұрын
Great stuff that I didn't know about .
@HardTruthsReviews8 ай бұрын
Great story! Subbed
@acornsucks21119 ай бұрын
Nice story. Did you recommend that book a while back? I read it and didn't know where I first heard of it.
@ET-RAMBLINGS9 ай бұрын
Yes I did
@queenslander9547 ай бұрын
Yea mate , good ramble 👌
@runningsuperska8 ай бұрын
Dempsey seemed like a straight guy. Thanks for sharing the story.
@elvisp1166 ай бұрын
That book is great
@shaunembleton46248 ай бұрын
Thanks
@Vjl52808 ай бұрын
Great book.
@richardparker34219 ай бұрын
i have that book, it's a good book.
@LloydMajor8 ай бұрын
Intersting!
@NathanThePrezPretlow8 ай бұрын
At least Al Capone didn't try to have Dempsey hurt or worse
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Dempsey was a realist. He understood two things in particular; don't irritate Scarface, and stay away from Sam Langford!
@capoislamort1008 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGS …..or Jack Johnson, he never gave black fighters a shot at the title.
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
Real mob guys respect people that respect them but don't fear them.
@Dempsey18738 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGSJohnson and Jack had nothing to do with eachother. He dodged Langford not cuz he was black but because he knew he would flatten him. He also dodged Harry Greb who was white and on Top of that was gonna fight wills(top contending black heavyweight at the time for the title) but it never came to be, there's photo evidence of him signing a contract for it. Jack was hardly a racist
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
@@capoislamort100 Johnson, under extreme pressures, had to find $$ where he could. More was available when taking on, say, a Fireman Jim Flynn than a far more dangerous Sam Langford (who already lost a decision to Jack).
@datheat28547 ай бұрын
I had an very elderly Irish boxer neighbour Who claimed to have fought : Jack Dempsey. I think he was credible Dempsey had many hundreds of fights. That would make modern day bare Knuckle look tame.
@user-up8jx3mt6j8 ай бұрын
Danger will always take full advantage of any vulnerability.
@northernking26048 ай бұрын
Who was capones tailor? My god his suits were immaculate
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
The thumbnail pic shows Capone relaxing in Florida on a boat.
@tonywells70518 ай бұрын
Nice
@mikeyates79317 ай бұрын
Snorky wasn't a Saint , but he wasn't the monster so many make him out to be ; he did a lot of good things for a lot of the little guys
@kurtschlarb97628 ай бұрын
This video is about Capone and Dempsey. These days, I see a subject listed, click on it, and find out the video is about the presenter rather than the subject of interest. They plaster their face right in front of what you are trying to view, and talk over the audio. Then, they have the nerve to ask for financial support, and like and subscribe and whatnot. THIS guy didn't do any of that. Videos like this are rare. And in this medium, this was well-done. Yeah, I like steak too.
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Kurt!
@fungiformenow8 ай бұрын
My grandfather was a neighbour of Dempsey’s in Manassa. They would spend a little time together now and then. Gramps said he was a great guy with no airs or graces. He gave my gramps one solid piece of advice though. Wear moleskin pants, he said, and you’ll be ready for anything. I took that piece of advice myself and I’ve never looked back. I do believe they protected me from the worst of Covid, and I owe it all to Jack Dempsey.
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Don't let Dr. Fauci know about the moleskin!!
@garyvon17368 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGSwhere can you get the moleskins at
@fungiformenow8 ай бұрын
@@garyvon1736 There’s a specialist tailor in Rochdale, England. He’ll fix you up.
@254967conwell7 ай бұрын
Dempsey second wife was asked by a reporter what he was like around the house reportedly said. Jack has a bear skin rug in the den...the bear isn't dead just afraid to move
@olskool39678 ай бұрын
those times reminds me of the movie with Charles Bronson, "hard times" if you have not seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@jakartaman33658 ай бұрын
Great movie. Seen it many times..The chemistry between Bronson's character Chaney and the James Coburn character ' Speed ' was just terrific. Great supporting role by Strother Martin also.
@wolfganghasenmaier83508 ай бұрын
Dempsey and Schmeling had v e r y similar looks facewise. Media back then often commented on that. I know that from Schmeling`s bigraphy. So my guess is if someone has a face like that better be very respectful with him. Ahem always be anyway towards anyone :)
@chriso15859 ай бұрын
The book ring of pure fire is just a cut up of the best bits of Dempsey’s autobiographies. Bit of a rip off really but a good read
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
It's a good read with good stories. Most all later biographies rely on earlier publications.
@chriso15853 ай бұрын
I suppose your right, was my favourite book on Dempsey like the photo of his fight with Billy Miske, Clay Moyle wrote a good book on him too
@kerrykelaher26078 ай бұрын
" maybe dempsey put his money on " tonney!" 😊
@BostonBoss8 ай бұрын
Nice video
@3Pillers8 ай бұрын
👍
@user-wj1jl9wm4c8 ай бұрын
Did Capone have syphilis?
@THe_oUtSiDAz_CEO_oUTz18 ай бұрын
It's was the cause of his ⚰️
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Yes, and when penicillin was made available to him, the bacteria had already done a number on his brain.
@jameshester84618 ай бұрын
Some people think that Jack had a little Black in him.
@johnwilson63198 ай бұрын
My dad was a hard hitting minor league ball player from 1945 to 1960 he got on the wrong side of Branch Rickey but anyway his first mgr was Charley Root the pitcher who served up Babe Ruths called shot he was the mgr of the Hollywood Stars when my dad broke in all the youmger players asked him about that of course he replied l would have knocked him on his ass if he had done that ok but he told them another story before that series Root was walking down state st when a long black limo pulled up and parked im front of him then 2 guys in trench coats came up behind him stuck guns in his side and ordered him into the car when he got in Al Capone was there he wanted to talk about baseball he was a fan
@TS-12678 ай бұрын
... The "CORPSE" 2nd From Right looks like He's Had A WEDGIE.. "Moose Knuckles" Or What 😮 @ 8:20...🏴😜
Dempsey was good friends with Nick Dandalos aka Nick the Greek and Charlie Fischetti who was Capone's cousin. Mamie Van Doren's blog is a great source, she was briefly engaged to Dempsey
@ET-RAMBLINGS8 ай бұрын
Thanks, Anthony. Good info!!
@chad34529 ай бұрын
ima junkie omg ...i easily pass 25
@NoPrivateProperty8 ай бұрын
marciano fights were all fixed by I tye goons
@Lucky..B8 ай бұрын
Capone gave the pepole what they wanted , and fed the Hungary . John Gottie sr gave the peole want they wanted and Helped feed the Hungary . Never said the good they did .
@danamcardle14038 ай бұрын
Capone was NEVER a tough guy unless surrounded by a dozen or so of his enforcers, softer than ice cream
@exclamationpointman38529 ай бұрын
I like my city to be known for Michael Jordan, architecture, lake Michigan, anything but the devil's violence!
@ET-RAMBLINGS9 ай бұрын
Chicago, after the Great Fire, developed into the first modern city, complete with "skyscraper" buildings plus the world's most advanced commercial infrastructure. That should be Chicago's legacy; unfortunately, it isn't in 2023.
@exclamationpointman38529 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGS 😞
@ahmedbelton81399 ай бұрын
What the hell is wrong with you!
@VictorLugosi9 ай бұрын
Michael Jordan the racist?
@nelsonmcatee37218 ай бұрын
@@ET-RAMBLINGS and the classic saying "Form follows function" originated in Chicago.
@slave_planet8 ай бұрын
Dempsey also pounded out Clara Bow . . . Numerous times apparently. You weren't kidding about his love of brunettes.
@KD400_8 ай бұрын
Bro I just Read about it lol. The guy caught Dempsey having an affair with Clara. She was with that guy at the time. The guy apologized to Dempsey after threatening to ko him lol. Dempsey took his wife
@adamdemirs34668 ай бұрын
Hard to listen to.
@abcall-timesboxingchanneln70768 ай бұрын
Dempsey like a good number of people from that era loaded their gloves when there was felt a need and opportunity to use it. Alot will say the accusations was sour grapes by Kearns but I saw either a interview or a piece about one of Dempseys former hand wrappers who talked about that. It was a lost art it wasn't plaster of Paris. The guy said the mixture would dry just harden about the time the fight started. To me the way Dempsey holds his gloves in that Willard fight looks weighted. If you believe the accounts of the damage done to Willard it would point to something akin to brass knuckles. Willard until his death maintained that Dempseys gloves were loaded. Dempsey hit hard enough without help. This was for all the marbles and a time this loading would be deployed.
@worldwidesportsfansmacktal82608 ай бұрын
Al Capone Was a Good Guy Making His Way The Way He Could!!! He was made out to a bad guy but look at the Good He Did!!!😀😀😀
@johnconnor40408 ай бұрын
To give you an Idea how tough Mr. Dempsey was, The USA ARMY 🪖 asked him to update their hand 2 hand combat system. T Urns out Mr Dempsey was a well rounded fighter, training in grappling. (🥋 Judo I think)
@arieltraasdahl-xh6ri8 ай бұрын
Chris Weidman descended from Jack Dempsey or something?