November 11, 2025
Tag: Jack Dempsey
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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too
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Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.
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July 28, 2022 5 Comments
New York had many streets that could guarantee great nightlife but from the late 1930s to the 1960s, the street that stood for the latest in creative jazz was 52nd Street.