THE BIG FIGHT.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1921, Page 4

THE BIG FIGHT.

DEMPSEY WINS. CARPENTIER OUTED IN FOURTH . ROUND. I THE FIRST NEWS. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. ; WELLINGTON, July 3 The result of the boxing contest, , which was decided yesterday at Jersey City, was that Jack Dempsey (holder) 1 knocked out Georges Carpentier (challenger) iu the fourth round. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST. NEW YORK, July 2. The tight between Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey took place this afternoon at Jersey City. There was a record crowd of spectators. The American scored a knock-out in the fouith round. The difference in weight between the two meitfewas sixteen pounds. Carpentier entered the ring weighing 172 pounds, while Dempsey weighed I** pounds. In the first round, Carpentier landed blows several times, but Dempsey punished him heavily in return. In the second round, Carpentier flew into Dempsey. The latter, however, got in several heavy blows to the head in this round, while Carpentier delivered six blows to the jaw. The third round saw some vicious m-figliting. Dempsey was punishing Carpentier in this severely, finally battering him into the corner. The sounding of the bell saved the frenchman in this round.

In the fourth round Dempsey knocked Carpentier out in lmin lGsecs, doing so by a. short right book to the chin. Carpentier took the count up to nine. Then be sprang to his feet, but he was knocked out after an unmerciful benting, his nose being badly battered. Experts think that Carpentier’s undoing was his attempt to land a right to Dempsey’s head while both of his feet were off the ground. Carpentier missed his aim, and then Dempsey’s tiger-like right smashed into Caipentier’s jaw, flooring Georges, who took the count for nine. Then another right ended the fight.

Carpentier possessed lightness and swiftness, hut bis punches were without force.

Dempsey twice laughed when (arpeiitier’s blows landed oil him. Dempsey appeared to estimate his opponent in the first two rounds. He decided that Carpentier was weak, and lie then took a quick offensive.

An interesting scene occurred when Dempsey, realising that his opponent was out. picked up Georges, brushing his own trainer, Kearns, aside, "'ho attempted to motion Dempsey hack to iiis. own corner. Then Destamps lifted Georges up, and dragged him away. Carpentier recovered in three minutes. Then Dempsey came up and shook Carpeutier’s hand, and said:—

“You are a fine hoy. 'ion gave me a hard light."

Carpentier's face was badly tom H is thumb was broken.

He smiled wanly when leaving the ring. Tht> crowd, as be lett, gate him a fine ovation, lie was the favourite with the crowd throughout the bollt.

The spectators numbered 91,000 people. This was the largest assemblage in the history of American boxing. The tight started at 3.19 p.m., and ended at 3.30. STATEMENT BY CARRENT!FR. After the light. Carpentier, in a statement said:—“A better man beat me. I broke my right band in the second round, when I landed an overhanded punch Lo Dempsey’s jaw. After that, ! was only able to stand him off. I knew that t was going after the first knock out in the fourth round, but I decided to make ;i last try. “Dempsey hurt me by his hard punches to the kidneys. During out first flurry of in-fighting, he held both my gloves with one arm, and hammered my ribs. I was only feeling the force of his hard blows to my head. •I believe that f out-fought Dempsey during the third round, hut lie took everything i had lor tin* sake of hitting me.” DEMPSEY A REAL CHAMPION. NEW YORK, July 3 Descainps in a statement said:— “Dempsey is a, real champion. It was a ease of the best light heavy-weight against the host heavy-weight. It was another ease of Ketoholl against John son.” BEFORE THE FIGHT. NEW YORK, July 1. Jack Dempsey lists 101 l Atlantic City for Jersey City by a special train car. lie showed no signs oi nervousness.

A Manhattan telegram states Carlien tier spent the day lounging, being entirely unconcerned. At jersey City, the Grand Jury refused to indict the fight principles.

HUGE SALE OF TICKETS. BETTING FAVOURS CARPENTIER. NEW YORK, July 1. The seat sales have reached $1,250,000 for the fight. There is an amazing absence of Dempsey money. One broker has SIOO,OOO of Carpentier money, and cannot get it at short odds. DESCAMPS SURE OF VICTORY. NEW YORK, July l. Carpentier’s manager, M. Descamps, in a final conference with Rickard, predicted that Carpentier would win by the knock-out in five rounds.

(Received This Day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, July 3

There was intense interest in London and Paris in the Dempsey fight. The result was known in botli cities within two minutes of the conclusion, owing to special cabling arrangements. . The newspapers published special editions. Several chartered aeroplanes which encircled a wid 0 area signalling the result by means of rockets and verey lights, jj Hundreds of picture palaces screened j the result, and men equipped with enor-i

mous megophonea called out the cabled descriptions of the progress of the fight to crows in Paris streets. DEMPSEY HAPPY. (Received This Day at 9.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 2. Dempsey showed no marks after the fight. He claimed that Carpentier never hurt him, and declared he could have finished his opponent sooner, but lie was taking no chances. It is officially announced that the receipts totalled 1,600,000 dollars. It is ! expected that Rickards will make a clear half million. I PARIS, July 2. ! The crowds were silent and dumbfounded at Cnrpentier’s defeat. Mrs i Carpentier burst into tears on learni ing that her husband’s nose had been broken, and his eye injured. She said : ‘Oh! Poor Georges T hope he is not much hurt.” ! contestants. I JACK DEMPSEY'S CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS. j Jack Dempsey became world’s eham--1 pion when at Toledo, Ohio, on July 1, 1019, he knocked out Jess Willard | (vanquisher oi Jack Johnson) in the ' third round. It is interesting to re- - call that during the first round DenipI sey sent Willard down on seven occa- | sions. His first light since becoming ; champion was with Lilly Miake at 1 Benton Harbour, Michigan, on September 6, 1920, whom lie knocked out in the third round with a right to the I chin. Dempsey’s second fight since he became holder of the title was with Bill Brennan, a big Irishman in a Id rounds match at Madison Square 1 Gardens, New )ork, on December 14. last for the championship of the world, j The end came suddenly in the twelfth j round when he toppled Brennan over i with a smashing right to the heart fol- ■ lowed by a left to the ribs, the latter ; taking the count. Brennan is said to have given Dempsey the hardest eon--1 test, he has ever had. but save for a I split car the champion retired from the 1 light undamaged.

CAIU’KNTIKR’S RISK TO FAME. Georges Carpentier Ts 27 years ot age, and Ids fighting weight to-day is about 17711). He was born in the North of France, liis father being a miner at Lens. He commenced boxing as a bantamweight, and- has : stixwssfuljly fought his way through the various divisions until he now figures as heavyweighWohampion of Europe. During the early part of his career lie met the best in his class, being pitted against such noted boxers as Billy Papke, Dixie Kid. Joe Jeannette, and Frank Klaus while he was till a novice. Later on when his fame became worldwide he tw ice knocked out Bombardier Wells, then champion of England, the first time in Brussels in July, 1913, and the second time in London in December of the same year, when *•,. knocked the Englishman out in less than two minutes. Tn the early part of AM t he secured a technical victory <■

Gunboat Smith, the American heavy

weighty who was disqualified. The war then interfered with his boxing plans, ami enlisting, lie served li is country as an aviator with much distinction. Him most notable achievement upon his return to the ring following the signing of the armistice was flte sensational manner in which he knocked out Joe Beckett at the commencement of their fight in London. On February 21. 1921. Carpentier knocked out T. Grnndhoven a I Monte Carlo in two rounds, while on October 12 last he handed out similar treatment to Battling Levinsky in (he fourth round of their no-decision contest at Jersey City N.J. GENERAL NOTES. SPECIAL ARENA RFTLT AT JERSEY CITY. The ampin-theatre specially built at Jersey City, New Jersey, for the I)empsey-Carpe.ntsci fight is one of the largest ever erected for open air boxing exhibitions. It has been built at a cost approximately of 100,000 dollars, and is three times the size of the arena constructed for Tex Rickard, at Reno, Nevada, for the world’ championship match between Jack Johnson, and Jim Jeffries on July 4, 1919. The arena has been constructed of lumber and is octagonal. The eight sides rise right- to a height of about 50 feet, the angle of elevation being sufficient to bring the head and shoulders of eae.. spectator over those of the person sit ting in front, providing an unobstnqJ ed view of the ring from every section of the arena. Prices of seats range from 50 dollars for a ring-side chair to five dollars for a bleacher coupon along the extreme edges of the structure. The arena has a seating capacity of 50.000 while latest word from New York stated that the question nf further increasing the accommodation was under consideration. EARLY END TO FIGHT ANTICIPATED.

When Carpentier and Dempsey were finally induced to sign the agreement to light one another, one of the conditions was that the length of the contest should not he more than 15 rounds nor less than 10 rounds. The fight has since been definitely fixed as a 12 rounds no-decision bout, which means that unless Dempsey is either knocked out or disqualified he will still retain the title of world’s champion. Both boxers have expressed the opinion that a clear cut decision will present itself somewhere about the fourth or fifth round, hut this can only lie accepted as evidence of the confidence of each man to score a knock-out blow. Past experience lias proved that the Frenchman is capable of a herculean effort in the early stage of tho conduring which period he fights like a super-man. The sensational manner if which ho has spreadejaglod Bombardier Wells twice, and more recently Joe Beckett has made it impossible to accurately gauge the extent of his capabilities, and is responsible for unparalleled interest being taken in his forthcoming meeting with Jack Dempsey, the most powerful boxer in the win 1 ’ to-day, whose defeat is regarded throughout the United States as almost beyond accomplishment. Regarding the fact of the contest being no-decision bout, this lining a restriction then in

force in Now York. Last year, however a law was passed in New York permitting 15-round contests with decisions to be rendered by licensed judges and referees. VENUE OF GREAT FIGHT. Jersey City, New Jersey, where the Dempsey-Carpentier fight took place on Saturday, has a population of 297,864. KNOCKED OUT JACK DEMPSEY. Jim F’lynn enjoys the distinction of being the only boxer so far to have knocked out Jack Dempsey, this being achieved in the first round. When Dempsey and Flynn subsequently met in a return battle, Dempsey evened up matters by disposing of Flynn before the end of the first round. NO OFFICIAL DECISION. Under the New Jersey Satte boxing law the Dempsey-Carpentier fight cannot exceed 12 rounds, and should both boxers be on their feet at the termination of the match no official decision can he rendered. A referee, 1 however will lie in the ring with the I principals, but his sole duty will be to I see that the rules governing such glove contests are strictly observed. He will have no authority to indicate the winner, except in the case of a foul or knock out. HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONS SINCE 1890. The list, of world’s heavy-weight boxing champions duping the past 30 years is as folio'.vs : 1890-1892—John L. Sullivan. 1892-1897--James J. Corbett. I 1897-1899 —Robert Fitzsimmons, N.Z. 1899-1906—J aines J. Jeffries. 1906-1908—Tommy Burns. 1908-1915 —Jack Johnson. 1915-1918 Jess Willard. 1919-1921- Jack Derops«y. j FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION. ; SYDNEY, July 2. j The featherweight championship of Australia was retained by Green who defeated Jamito on points. GREY TOURNAMENT. i GREYMOUTH, July 4. On Saturday night the Grey Tournament took place. The following are the final results. Bantams—Davidson (Grey) beat O' Brien (Kokatahi.) Feathers—A-cbon (Waiutal beat Swift ( Camerons). Lightweights- Macfarlane tGrej), beat Wilcox (Waiuta). Welters—Emerald (Grey) beat Molloy (Rewanui). Middles—Lawrie (Paroa) beat King (Grey). wmMMa