In this “GI Movie Weekly” from Fistic Film (likely from 1939), viewers are treated to the historic fight on 4 July 1919 in Toledo, OH, where young boxer Jack Dempsey faced off against the World ...

L. A. Firpo (“Argentine Ape”) knocked out Jess Willard (” Huge Anachronism of the Ring”) in eight rounds in Jersey City. Firpo received $110,000 as his share of the “gate”; Willard received $185,000.

Before Jack (“Doc”) Kearns died at 80 last year, he completed the manuscript of his memoirs, the gaudy story of his career as manager and trainer of prizefighters—the most famous of whom was Jack ...