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Dempsey outweighed
Carpentier by 20 pounds, weighing 188 to the French challenger's 168. According to Dempsey's autobiography, promoter Tex Rickard feared that Dempsey would annihilate Carpentier inside of one round so Rickard specifically asked the champion not to score an early knockout. Harry
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American defending champion, was cast as an anti-hero whereas Carpentier, the French challenger, was seen as a hero by fans. This was partly due to the fact that Dempsey had not fought at war and Carpentier had, for the French
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Less than a minute into the fourth round, Dempsey's relentless pressure resulted in
Carpentier being floored with a stinging left-right combination from the champion. It looked like Carpentier would not beat the count, but he rose to his feet suddenly at referee Harry Ertle's count of nine.
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The Jack
Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier bout was the first boxing fight to produce $ 1,000,000 in revenue, or a "million dollar gate" at a then record of $ 1,789,238. It was also the first heavyweight championship fight where women attended in great numbers. This can be attributed to the
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Carpentier fought twelve more times, going 7-4-1 during that span. One of those bouts was a fifteenth-round knockout defeat at the hands of Tunney. He became an actor in France, participating in eight feature films. Carpentier died in 1975.
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opposed having the fight take place in his state. Also, Rickard envisioned a larger crowd than the
Madison Square Garden could fit coming to this fight, and he preferred boxing fights to be held at outside arenas so he built
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However, the fight ended shortly thereafter, at one minute and 16 seconds of round four, when
Dempsey knocked out Carpentier with another combination that included a hard right hook to the body.
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Army. Dempsey was seen by many as a draft-dodger. Dempsey went on trial during 1920, accused of draft evasion. At the same time, he went through a divorce from his first wife, Maxine.
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by a fourth-round knockout in 1919. The challenge by
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in Jersey City, with a capacity for 80,000 paying customers. Rickard borrowed an amount of $ 250,000 (in 1921 money) to make the arena.
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defeating Soldier Jones in seven rounds. Tunney would eventually beat both Dempsey and Carpentier in later years.
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on points after ten rounds. In 1927, Dempsey attempted to regain the title from Tunney in what became known as
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by a fourth-round knockout in his previous bout to win the title at Westside Ballpark in Jersey City.
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Carpentier was the world Light-Heavyweight champion, having beaten
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How The 1921 Dempsey-Carpentier Fight Was Broadcast On The Radio
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Jack Dempsey was the world Heavyweight champion since he beat
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224:Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier
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575:"Georges Carpentier - Boxer"
530:"The Fight: how Dempsey won"
508:"Fight for world belt today"
471:. June 26, 1921. p. 19.
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799:"On This Day In Sports"
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627:Njcu.edu
332:AT&T
115:Hometown
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