Date: September 1927

What’s So Important About This Issue? Although Dempsey won the heavyweight title in 1919 and held it throughout most of the Roaring Twenties, he was an ex-champ on the comeback trail when he was featured on the cover for only the second time in the magazine’s history. Despite being displaced as champion by Gene Tunney, Dempsey’s popularity was at an all-time high.Cover: Jack Dempsey

Cover Story: “In Effort To Regain Title, Dempsey Aspires To A Feat Never Achieved In Heavyweight Class” by Daniel M. Daniel looked at other former heavyweight champions’ failed efforts to regain the title and evaluated Dempsey’s chances of being the first to succeed.

Also In This Issue: Dempsey was coming off a controversial knockout of Jack Sharkey earlier in the year, which was the subject of an opinion poll of 33 insiders entitled “Did Jack Dempsey Hit Low? Or Did He Win Fairly?” Those who thought Dempsey had fouled edged those who thought he won fairly by a narrow 16 to 15 margin. Two of those asked were unsure … “Kid Lavigne: Champion Lazy Man Of The Ring” by Biddy Bishop … “Leo P. Flynn: Man Of The Hour” by Francis Albertanti … “Freddy Welsh Mourned By Fans” by Nat Fleischer … “Boxing Follows The Flag: Navy Carries Manly Art To All Parts Of World” by Capt. Hiene Miller.

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