🥊 #OTD in #Boxing #History 4 July 1919, underdog #JackDempsey shocked the world by ferociously beating #JessWillard for the Heavyweight Championship in Toledo, Ohio in 4 rounds. The 187-pound #Dempsey knocked the 245-pound #Willard down 7 times in the first round.

The boy who would be king ... an impossibly youthful looking Jack Dempsey eats watermelon at training camp one week before his 1919 title fight with the champion, Jess Willard. #boxing #boxinghistory #jackdempsey #jesswillard