Browsing Tag Georges Carpentier

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  June 5, 1925: Tunney vs Gibbons

  By 1924, Gene Tunney, to the incredulity of American sports fans, had begun openly campaigning for a chance to face the heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Dempsey. ...

  On June 5, 2019 / By Michael Carbert
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  Jan. 1, 1915: The Legend Of Levinsky

  Modern day boxing cannot legitimately claim to be better than boxing in the past. In fact, in terms of the technical abilities and skill level we see today, ...

  On January 1, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  The Long Count

  Nine decades have passed since the rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey took place on a brisk September evening at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1927, and in ...

  On September 22, 2018 / By Patrick Connor
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  Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo

  After more than nine decades it may be difficult to appreciate how huge the legendary Dempsey vs Firpo fight was or how it transformed the public image of ...

  On September 14, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: The Manassa Mauler

  If boxing’s greatest era is that in which it was most popular, then Jack Dempsey is the fighter most identified with the sport’s zenith. The ‘Manassa Mauler,’ whose ...

  On July 2, 2018 / By Eliott McCormick
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  July 2, 1921: Dempsey vs Carpentier

  The year was 1921. Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight champion of the world, reigned as the most titanic figure in all of professional sports, though his public image had been recently ...

  On July 1, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Best Light Heavyweights

  Continuing our rankings of the all-time greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, we offer our third instalment in the series. We started with the ...

  On July 16, 2016 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: The Aldgate Sphinx

  Boxing history is chock full of great rivalries, though now we can only pine for the days when pugilists thought nothing of squaring off against an adversary several ...

  On October 19, 2015 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Above All Mortals

  Just past 11 p.m. at Madison Square Garden on a cold March evening in 1971, the undefeated former champion was growing visibly weary. “Don’t you know I’m God?” ...

  On September 18, 2015 / By Patrick Connor