Browsing Tag Georges Carpentier

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  The Long Count

  More than 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, ...

  On September 22, 2020 / By Patrick Connor
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  Sept. 14, 1923: Dempsey vs Firpo

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

  On September 14, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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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 2, 2020 / 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 June 24, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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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, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight City Legends: The Aldgate Sphinx

  Historically speaking, boxing is a sport of great rivalries, though now we can only pine for the days when pugilists thought nothing of facing an adversary more than ...

  On November 15, 2019 / By Mathieu Brousseau
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Light Heavyweights

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

  On July 8, 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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  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