When Dempsey was training for the Gibbons fight just a few months before the legendary Firpo brawl, a 7'2" giant named Big Ben Wray showed up throwing challenges:
Max Schmeling and Dempsey. Max knocked the Great Joe Louis' brains out in the 1st fight. The rematch didn't go too good for Max though.
Dempsey lived to be 87 years old, passing on in 1983.
Big Jess Willard lived for 86 years, passing on in 1968.
Max Schmeling was born in 1905 and passed on in 2005, 8 months short of reaching 100 years old.
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