Photo by: The Ring Magazine via Getty Images Jack Dempsey ran through Georges Carpentier in ‘Fight of the Century’ on July 2nd, 1921 Dempsey and Georges Carpentier clashed in a heavyweight ...

1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 ...

1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50 ...

“That I shall remove Georges Carpentier, the French heavyweight, from my path to another meeting with Dempsey, is my firm belief.” When the boxers entered the ring they were all smiles.

At the Sporting Club of France, Georges Carpentier, "Gorgeous Orchid Man," competed with William Harrison Dempsey. High was the goal, the battle stiff. First Dempsey, then Carpentier led; ...