On This Day: Jack Dempsey headlined boxing's first million dollar gate2016-07-02 · Boxing News Online
BOXING NEWS was 12 years old when the first million-dollar gate attracted headlines around the world. That was on July 2 1921, when Jack Dempsey fought Georges Carpentier in Jersey City, just across the Hudson from Manhattan. Tex Rickard had an …
Georges Carpentier: ?The Orchid Man?2012-07-23 · Boxing.com
Georges Carpentier is a legend in France. His life and career in the ring reads like a Hollywood screenplay. He was born in Lens, Pas de Calais, France at the end of the 19th century. He became a professional boxer when he was just 14 years old. He…
90 years ago, boxer Johnson sought his own pardon2011-06-28 · The Associated Press
On June 23, 1921, The Associated Press reported that Daugherty was considering a pardon for the boxer in time for a heavyweight fight between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier the following month. Eyeing a comeback, Johnson wanted to attend the fight…
Radio was a knockout in ’212006-07-03 · The Washington Times (via NewsStand.com)
Sports and sports broadcasting became big-business partners 85 years ago this week at Boyle’s Thirty Acres a hastily if flimsily constructed wooden arena in Jersey City. The result didn’t matter much: As expected, heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey knocked out French challenger Georges Carpentier in the fourth round in one of his easier title bouts that defined boxing during the Roaring Twenties.…
Today in sports2005-07-02 · Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,IN
The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, NJ, becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history.…