Dempsey. Last week, Heavyweight Champion William Harrison Dempsey signed a contract with promoter Tex Rickard to fight two bouts with whomsoever Rickard should selectone bout this year, one next He agreed to post a "good faith" guarantee of $100,000. His first opponent will be Gene Tunney, pretty onetime marine, George Godfrey, Philadelphia Negro, or Jack Renault, lumberjack-in-the-box. Then, if not defeated, he will face patient Harry Wills. "Will you retire if you beat Wills?" asked a reporter. Said Dempsey: "Not me! I'm going to fight until somebody knocks me from under...
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