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World War II: Germany Signs Unconditional Surrender (1945)
By the beginning of 1944, air warfare had turned overwhelmingly in favor of the Allies, who wrought unprecedented destruction on many German cities and on transport and industries throughout German-held Europe. German collapse came after the meeting of the Western and Russian armies at Torgau in Saxony, and after Hitler's death amid the ruins of Berlin, which was falling to the Russians. The unconditional surrender of Germany was signed at Reims on May 7.

4th July 1919 and Jess Willard AKA “the Potawatomi giant” slumps into the corner of the ring after Jack Dempsey AKA ‘kid blackie’ - ‘the manassa mauler’ had destroyed the champion with a savage beating many of the fans present had rarely seen before. Willard had in fact ki.lled a man in the ring in 1913 named Jack “Bull” Young. Willard had hit him so hard in the head that a piece of his broken jaw was driven into his head....Jack Young would di.e in the 9th round. Jess Willards notoriety was real having kil.led a man in the ring and was charged with second degree murder. He fought the charges in court and won. 2 years later he was the world champion having beaten Jack Johnson for the heavyweight title in 1915 in Havana Cuba. With his solid reputation intact, Willard agreed to fight a new young boxer named Jack Dempsey.Born of mixed heritage and one of 13 siblings, the young fighter was the family protector and became a brawler for money at local pubs and bars. Dempsey’s career was about to go into the next level when the 6’1″, 187 pound Dempsey stepped into the ring to fight Willard in Toledo Ohio on July 4th 1919. The much smaller boxer had been bothered by Willard’s remarks before the fight. Willard had claimed that “This will be the easiest fight of my career,” and referred to how he was happy to bring the title belt back to the ‘white race.” Dempsey held onto the remarks and used them to fire the raging flames that burned within him. 30seconds into the first round Dempsey hit the champion with a huge left and broke his jaw in over a dozen places, knocking him to the mat. Willard rose and was knocked down 7 times in that first round and suffered tremendous damage at the hands of the challenger. To Willards credit he lasted until the start of the fourth round where he failed to answer the bell,his jaw broken in multiple places,a broken cheek bone, broken ribs,permanent hearing loss and missing teeth. Dempsey would go onto become the king of the roaring 1920s and defend the title for 6 years. Willard would retire and only box again for exhibitions.

One of the worst beatings in a boxing ring ever seen

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I guess that means it's actually 80 years old now. Just went through it. It looks different now.

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