4 1919 newspapers GEORGES CARPENTIER wins &Fight JACK DEMPSEY Heavyweight Boxing

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4 1919 newspapers GEORGES CARPENTIER wins his boxing match vs & the right to fight JACK DEMPSEY for the Heavyweight Boxing championship -
inv # 7E-201
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SEE PHOTO----- Four (4) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERs, the
NY Sun
dated Dec 4, 5, 6, and 8, 1919. These newspapers
contain inside page coverage of
French heavyweight boxer GEORGES CARPENTIER defeating the British Champion Joseph Beckett and thus gaining the chance to fight JACK DEMPSEY for the World's Heavyweight Boxing Championship
.
Georges Carpentier (January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood 5 feet 11 1⁄2 inches and his fighting weight ranged from 126 to 175 pounds. Carpentier was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch.
Carpentier defended his title against British boxer Joe Beckettt in 1919 . Carpentier's attempt at the heavyweight Championship of the world came on July 2, 1921, again in Jersey City, when he faced Jack Dempsey in front of boxing's first million dollar gate (approximately ,000,000 today). Carpentier was badly beaten around before suffering a knockout in the second minute of the fourth round. Carpentier never fought again for that title.
Joseph Beckett (4 April 1892
– 12 March 1965 was an English professional light heavy/cruiser/heavyweight boxer of the 1910s and early 1920s
. He suffered a knockout defeat by Georges Carpentier (France) for the European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title at Holborn Stadium, London on 4 December 1919.
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895
– May 31, 1983), nicknamed "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. A cultural icon of the 1920s, Dempsey's aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history.
On July 4, 1919, Dempsey and World Heavyweight Champion Jess Willard met at Toledo for the world title. Pro lightweight fighter Benny Leonard predicted a victory for the 6'1", 187 pound Dempsey even though Willard, known as the "Pottawatamie Giant", was 6'6
½" tall and 245 pounds. Ultimately, Willard was knocked down seven times by Dempsey in the first round.
Dempsey's defending fight was against French World War I hero Georges Carpentier, a fighter popular on both sides of the Atlantic. The bout was promoted by Tex Rickard and George Bernard Shaw, who claimed that Carpentier was "the greatest boxer in the world".
The Dempsey
–Carpentier contest took place on July 2, 1921, at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey. It generated the first million-dollar gate in boxing history; a crowd of 91,000 watched the fight. Though it was deemed "the Fight of the Century", experts anticipated a one-sided win for Dempsey. Radio pioneer RCA arranged for live coverage of the match via KDKA, making the event the first national radio broadcast.
Carpentier wobbled Dempsey with a hard right in the second round. A reporter at ringside, however, counted 25 punches from Dempsey in a single 31-second exchange soon after he was supposedly injured by the right. Carpentier also broke his thumb in that round, which crippled his chances. Dempsey ended up winning the match in the fourth round.
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