![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
![Historic Boxing on Twitter: "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 Twitter: "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 Twitter: "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" /
Postcard: Jack Dempsey Knocks Out Jess Willard, July 4, 1919, and Becomes Champion of the World | National Portrait Gallery
![On This Day: Jack Dempsey bludgeons Jess Willard in the most savage coronation in heavyweight history | Boxing News On This Day: Jack Dempsey bludgeons Jess Willard in the most savage coronation in heavyweight history | Boxing News](https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2020/07/Demsey-GettyImages-1053839454.jpg)
On This Day: Jack Dempsey bludgeons Jess Willard in the most savage coronation in heavyweight history | Boxing News
![Jess Willard: Heavyweight Champion of the World (1915-1919): Amazon.co.uk: Arly Allen: 9781476664446: Books Jess Willard: Heavyweight Champion of the World (1915-1919): Amazon.co.uk: Arly Allen: 9781476664446: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61n-OnLC+CL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Jess Willard: Heavyweight Champion of the World (1915-1919): Amazon.co.uk: Arly Allen: 9781476664446: Books
![BLTV on Twitter: "On this day in 1919 Jack Dempsey brutalized Jess Willard for the Heavyweight Title scoring 7 knockdowns in round 1 https://t.co/qhRfHAEsbl" / Twitter BLTV on Twitter: "On this day in 1919 Jack Dempsey brutalized Jess Willard for the Heavyweight Title scoring 7 knockdowns in round 1 https://t.co/qhRfHAEsbl" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmhPgnLWgAI6rOS.jpg)
BLTV on Twitter: "On this day in 1919 Jack Dempsey brutalized Jess Willard for the Heavyweight Title scoring 7 knockdowns in round 1 https://t.co/qhRfHAEsbl" / Twitter
![Revisit the Brutal Fight When Jack Dempsey Hammered the Super-Sized Champ to Claim Title | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine Revisit the Brutal Fight When Jack Dempsey Hammered the Super-Sized Champ to Claim Title | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/Sywvpg26jZd6NSdYpgannY3eGOA=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/25/b8/25b8a6c1-2f88-47f3-9f10-53bbd4692963/gettyimages-515206862.jpg)