It was the biggest boxing match the world of 1927 had ever seen. It ended in one of the sport’s greatest controversies.

The search for a Great White Hope, a white man with the ability to beat Johnson, began in earnest and until Johnson's defeat to Jess ... Willard lost his title four years later to Jack Dempsey.

Football had “Red” Grange. Golf had Bobby Jones. And boxing? Well, obviously it had Jack Dempsey, “The Manassa Mauler,” whose heavyweight title run lifted the sport to new heights at the ...

Scotland back-rower Jack Dempsey is unfazed by the prospect of trying to tame rampant France and “upset their party” amid what promises to be a raucous atmosphere in Paris on Saturday night.

Jack Dempsey not only hails from Australia but played Test rugby for them, too. Fourteen times all told. The Wallabies’ decision not to add to that haul has undoubtedly been to Scotland’s benefit.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Scotland back-rower Jack Dempsey is unfazed by the prospect of trying to tame rampant France and “upset their party” amid what promises ...