Editing Jack Dempsey (section)

===Later life===
[[File:Van Doren and Jack Dempsey in 1951.jpg|left|thumb|Dempsey with [[Mamie Van Doren]] in 1951]]
[[File:Dempsey elgrafico 1970.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Dempsey (right) playing to box with ''[[El Gráfico (Argentina)|El Gráfico]]'' journalist who interviewed him in Broadway, 1970]]
Dempsey wrote a book on boxing titled ''Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense'' and published in 1950. The book emphasizes knockout power derived from enabling fast motion from one's heavy bodyweight.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dempsey|first1=Jack|title=Championship Fighting Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense|date=1950|publisher=Self published|pages=104|edition=first|url=https://archive.org/stream/Championship_Fighting_Explosive_Punching_and_Aggressive_Defense_1950_Jack_Dempse/Championship_Fighting_Explosive_Punching_and_Aggressive_Defense_1950_Jack_Dempsey_djvu.txt}}</ref>

After the world-famous [[Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling|Louis–Schmeling fight]], Dempsey stated he was glad he never had to face [[Joe Louis]] in the ring; when Louis eventually fell on hard times financially, Dempsey served as honorary chairman of a relief fund to assist him.<ref name="PBS"/>

From the time they boxed together in 1921, Dempsey remained close friends with French world champion [[Georges Carpentier]]. They visited each other in New York and Paris, got together to commemorate the anniversary of their famous bout and exchanged birthday greetings.

Dempsey made friends with former opponents Wills and Tunney after retirement, with Dempsey campaigning for Tunney's son, Democrat [[John V. Tunney]], when he successfully ran for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]], from [[California]]. He was also one of many boxers to attend the funeral of [[George Godfrey (boxer born 1897)|Feab S. Williams]], who boxed under the name of George Godfrey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ladailymirror.com/2018/08/21/black-l-a-1947-heavyweight-fighter-george-godfrey-the-black-shadow-of-leiperville-dies-at-50/ |title=Black L.A. 1947: Heavyweight Fighter George Godfrey, 'The Black Shadow of Leiperville,' Dies at 50 |website=The Daily Mirror |date=August 21, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2021 }}</ref>

One of Dempsey's best friends was Judge [[John Sirica]], who presided over the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] trials.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-15-mn-4868-story.html |title= John J. Sirica, Watergate case judge, dies at 88 |work= Los Angeles Times |date= August 15, 1992}}</ref>

Dempsey was engaged to [[Mamie Van Doren]], when she was Joan Olander, in 1951. Van Doren details the relationship in her autobiography.

====Legacy====
Dempsey was an inaugural 1954 inductee to ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' magazine's [[The Ring magazine Hall of Fame|Boxing Hall of Fame]] (disbanded in 1987),<ref name=biocom/> and was an inaugural 1990 inductee to the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]. In 1970, Dempsey became part of the "charter class" in the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://utahsportshalloffame.org/honorees/hall-of-fame.html |title= Hall of Fame Honorees Charter Class of 1970 |website= utahsportshalloffame.org |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011522/http://utahsportshalloffame.org/honorees/hall-of-fame.html |archive-date= November 29, 2014 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

He recounted an incident where he was assaulted while walking home at night, telling the press in 1971 that the two young muggers attempted to grab his arms, but he broke free and laid them both out cold on the sidewalk. The story of the encounter appeared in the ''Hendersonville Times-News'', and reported the incident had taken place "a few years [earlier]".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OOweAAAAIBAJ&pg=7026,1829545&dq |newspaper=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|Hendersonville Times-News]] |agency=[[UPI]] |date=July 22, 1971 |first1=Milton |last1=Richman |title=Sports Parade |access-date=January 19, 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1977, in collaboration with his daughter Barbara Lynn, Dempsey published his autobiography, titled ''Dempsey''. In tribute to his legacy and boxing career, a 2004 [[Public Broadcasting System|PBS]] documentary summarized "Dempsey's boxing style consisted of constantly bobbing and weaving. His attacks were furious and sustained. Behind it all was rage. His aggressive behavior prompted a rule that boxers had to retreat to a neutral corner and give opponents who had been knocked down a chance to get up."<ref name="PBS"/> According to the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', constant attack was his strategic defense.<ref name="Britannica"/>
In 2011, Dempsey was posthumously inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iahof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=106 |title=The Irish American Hall of Fame Announces 2011 Inaugural Class |access-date= June 15, 2015 |website=Irish American Hall of Fame}}</ref>

Dempsey was a [[Freemason]] and member of Kenwood Lodge #800 in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/listings/freemasons/10-athletes |title=Famous Freemasons: Athletes |magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date =February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718211456/http://www.usnews.com/listings/freemasons/10-athletes |archive-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mastermason.com/wilmettepark/wellknownmasons.html |title=Well Known Freemasons |publisher=Grand Lodge of British Columbia A.F. & A. M |access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seastwood.com/backup310/Eastwood/freemasonath.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411192507/http://www.seastwood.com/backup310/Eastwood/freemasonath.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Freemason Athletes |publisher=Freemason Home Page |access-date=February 13, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated8>{{cite book |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Hamill |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last2=Gilert |title=Freemasonry, A Celebration Of The Craft |page=230|publisher=J.G. Press |year=1998 |isbn=0-9516355-2-2}}</ref>