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Jack Kearns
Jack Kearns (Boxing. Born, Waterloo, MI, July 17, 1883; died, Miami Beach, FL, June 17, 1963.) One of the celebrated characters of boxing for decades, Jack Kearns (born John Leo McKernan) managed six world champions. Kearns managed heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey for eight years (1917-25) and combined with Tex Rickard to promote Dempsey into a million-dollar gate […]