Jack Dempsey is remembered as a fighter who left early, but that memory misleads more than it explains. He stepped away from serious competition in 1928, at 32, an age that sounds implausibly young at first glance. By then, Dempsey had already spent years living at a distance from the ring, with his fame and income increasingly shaped by appearances, business ventures, and a public life that no longer required training camps or sustained punishment.
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