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John Edward Kelly (1862–1896) was an Irish-born boxer. Better known as Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, called "Nonpareil", because no one could defeat him. He was defeated only three times out of 65 contests. This ended when Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob Fitzsimmons

Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons , a British boxer, made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat the great John L....
 pummelled him around the ring and begged him to concede before he was hurt any more. But Dempsey, the reigning champion, wouldn't give up so Fitzsimmons knocked him out.

Dempsey was born on December 15, 1862 in Curran, County Kildare
County Kildare

County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....
, Ireland
Ireland

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.

Dempsey died of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
 at age 33, on November 11896, at the Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
, United States
United States

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 home of his wife's parents.






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John Edward Kelly (1862–1896) was an Irish-born boxer. Better known as Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey, called "Nonpareil", because no one could defeat him. He was defeated only three times out of 65 contests. This ended when Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob Fitzsimmons

Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons , a British boxer, made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion. He also achieved fame for beating Gentleman Jim Corbett, the man who beat the great John L....
 pummelled him around the ring and begged him to concede before he was hurt any more. But Dempsey, the reigning champion, wouldn't give up so Fitzsimmons knocked him out.

Dempsey was born on December 15, 1862 in Curran, County Kildare
County Kildare

County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.

Dempsey died of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
 at age 33, on November 11896, at the Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 home of his wife's parents. He was buried in an unmarked grave at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. M. James Brady, Dempsey's father-in-law, refused to permit former World Champion John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan

John Lawrence Sullivan was recognized as the first heavyweight champion of Boxing from February 7 1882 to 1892, and is generally recognized as the last heavyweight champion of bare-knuckle boxing under the London Prize Ring rules....
 and John S. Barnes to raise funds to erect a monument over Dempsey's grave. The family believed that the four-foot marble shaft was a sufficient memorial. The matter was thus dropped.

Dempsey was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954, and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York....
 in 1992.

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