Jack Dempsey reigned as heavyweight champion of the world from 1919 to 1926. His success earned enshrinement in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Dempsey was more than a great boxer, and with his popularity and outside activities he became a cultural icon. He appeared in movies like the serial Daredevil Jack (1920) and The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), married the actress Estelle Taylor, did a lot of endorsements, and all the attention from his public earned him a cover on TIME magazine.