Search for Dempsey film yields truth of fight; Maggie Simpson of St. Paul wanted to learn details of how her great-uncle in 1923 became the first to go the distance against heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. She got more than she expected.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | May 9, 1997| | Copyright

Maggie Simpson was just a kid when her great-uncle, Tommy Gibbons, died. She knew something of his colorful career as a boxer in the early part of this century, mostly from tales passed along through three generations of her St. Paul family.

But she ached to know more about one legend - the night that Tommy Gibbons became the first man to go 15 rounds with former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey.

A handful of details lingered in her relatives' memories: an unscrupulous manager, stolen gate receipts, a near-riot in Shelby, Mont., site of the fight. Then, as ...

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