Georges Carpentier boxer

Georges Carpentier boxer
bouts
112
won
91
lost
14
draw
6
Status
inactive
Division
light heavyweight
Debut
1908-11-01
Height
5′ 11″/180cm
Reach
73″/185cm
Age
81
Born
1894-01-12
Death
1975-10-28
Nationality
France

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Georges Carpentier (French pronunciation: ​ʒɔʁʒ kaʁ.pɑ̃ˈtje; January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood 5 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (182 cm) and his fighting weight ranged from 147 to 175 pounds (67 to 79 kg). Carpentier was known for his speed, his excellent boxing skills and his extremely hard punch. The Parisian Sports Arena Halle Georges Carpentier is named after him.Born in Liévin in Pas-de-Calais, Carpentier began his career by progressing up through the weight divisions, fighting in every division from welterweight upwards. After making his first professional bout at age 14, he was welterweight champion of France and of Europe in 1911, middleweight champion of Europe in 1912, and light heavyweight champion of Europe in 1913. On June 1, 1913, he beat "Bombardier" Billy Wells in Ghent, Belgium to become heavyweight champion of Europe. He defended his title in December against Wells, in January 1914 against Pat O'Keeffe and in London on July 16 he beat Ed "Gunboat" Smith to add the "White Heavyweight Champion of the World" to his European title. The white heavyweight title bout sported a purse worth 9,000 pounds sterling (equivalent to approximately $1,092,914 in today's funds).Carpentier was also a referee during the early stages of his career, supervising a number of fights including the world title bout between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran in June 1914. Carpentier was a French Air Force aviator during World War I and was awarded two of the highest French military honors, the Croix de Guerre and the Médaille Militaire. This served to heighten his already exceptional popularity, not only in France but in the United States and England as well.Carpentier defended his title twice again in 1919 before dropping down a weight class to challenge Battling Levinsky for the light heavyweight championship of the world. The fight took place on October 12, 1920, in Jersey City and Levinsky was knocked out in the fourth. Carpentier's attempt at the heavyweight Championship of the world came on July 2, 1921, again in Jersey City, when he faced Jack Dempsey in front of boxing's first million dollar gate (approximately $15,000,000 today). Carpentier was badly beaten around before suffering a knockout in the second minute of the fourth round. Carpentier never fought again for that title. He lost his world light heavyweight title and his European heavyweight and light heavyweight titles the following year, on September 24, 1922, in a controversial bout with Senegalese fighter Battling Siki. His last truly noteworthy fight was on July 24, 1924, with Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York City. Carpentier lost the bout by TKO after fifteen rounds. He retired from the ring after a final exhibition bout in 1927.Following his retirement from boxing, Carpentier spent a number of years as a vaudeville song-and-dance man, mostly in England and the US. He is the author of a boxing novel, Brothers of the Brown Owl: A Story of the Boxing Ring published c. 1920 by Cassell and Company (being a volume in the uniform Cassell's Empire Library). He also appeared in half a dozen motion pictures, starring in both silent films and talkies. He made three films in Hollywood, one for director J. Stuart Blackton in England and two in his native France. His last screen appearance was in 1934. Soon after, he became proprietor of an upmarket bar, Chez Georges Carpentier, in a chic Paris neighborhood. In several different locations, this is the profession he would exercise until shortly before his death.From the time they boxed together in 1921, Carpentier remained close friends with Jack Dempsey. They visited each other in New York and Paris, got together to commemorate the anniversary of their famous bout and exchanged birthday greetings.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1926-09-15 Rocco Stramaglia LWWWDL Elks Gym, Coeur d'Alene WIN
KO
1926-07-07 Jack Burke LLLLLL Denver WIN
KO
1926-06-17 Tommy Loughran WWWWWW Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia LOST
Unanimous decision
1926-05-21 Eddie Huffman WLWWLW Madison Square Garden, New York DRAW
Points
1924-07-24 Gene Tunney WWWWWW Polo Grounds, New York LOST
Technical knockout
1924-05-31 Tommy Gibbons WLWWWW Floyd Fitzsimmons' Arena, Michigan City LOST
1924-05-01 Arthur Townley LLLDWL Stadion Hohe Warte, Vienna WIN
KO
1923-10-01 Joe Beckett WLWWWW Olympia, Kensington WIN
KO
1923-05-06 Marcel Nilles LWWWWL Stade Buffalo, Montrouge WIN
KO
1922-09-24 Battling Siki WWDWWW Stade Buffalo, Montrouge LOST
KO
1922-05-11 Ted Kid Lewis LWWWWW Olympia, Kensington WIN
KO
1922-01-12 George Cook LWWWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington WIN
KO
1921-07-02 Jack Dempsey WWWWWW Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City LOST
KO
1920-10-12 Battling Levinsky WWWDDW Westside Ballpark, Jersey City WIN
KO
1920-02-21 Georges Grundhoven LLLWW Palais du Soleil, Beausoleil WIN
KO
1920-01-10 Blink McCloskey WLDWWW Alhambra, Bordeaux WIN
KO
1919-12-04 Joe Beckett WLWWWW Holborn Stadium, Holborn WIN
KO
1919-09-29 Jean Croissilles WLW Teatro Bellas Artes, San Sebastian WIN
KO
1919-07-19 Dick Smith LWLLWL Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
KO
1914-07-26 Kid Jackson LLWLDW Bordeaux WIN
1914-07-16 Gunboat Smith WWWWWW Olympia, Kensington WIN
1914-06-14 Battling Robinson LLLLWD Place du Champ-de-Mars, Beziers WIN
KO
1914-05-31 Hubert Roc LLWLWL Hippodrome, Valenciennes WIN
KO
1914-04-14 George Mitchell debut Salle Lerda, Paris WIN
Technical knockout
1914-04-13 Irish O'Mara LDLLWL Blois WIN
KO
1914-03-21 Joe Jeannette DWWDLW Luna Parc, Porte Maillot LOST
Points
1914-01-19 Pat O'Keeffe WWWLWL Eldorado-Casino, Nice WIN
KO
1913-12-08 Bombardier Billy Wells WLLWWW National Sporting Club, Covent Garden WIN
KO
1913-10-31 Max Abbat debut Kursaal de Genève, Geneva WIN
KO
1913-10-11 Jeff Smith WWWWDW Luna Park Arena, Paris WIN
Points
1913-08-06 Ashley Williams D Casino-Kursaal, Vichy WIN
KO
1913-06-29 Albert Lurie DWWWWW Arènes de la Benatte, Bordeaux WIN
Technical knockout
1913-06-01 Bombardier Billy Wells WWLWWL Feestpaleis, Ghent WIN
KO
1913-03-17 George Gunther WWLLDW Eldorado-Casino, Nice WIN
Points
1913-03-08 Willy Schoot debut Casino-Palace, Roubaix WIN
KO
1913-03-01 Cyclone Smith DLLL Eldorado-Casino, Nice WIN
KO
1913-02-12 Bandsman Dick Rice WWWWDW Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
KO
1913-01-08 Marcel Moreau WWLWLL Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Technical knockout
1912-10-23 Billy Papke LLWWLL Cirque de Paris, Paris LOST
Technical knockout
1912-06-24 Frank Klaus DWWWWW Grand Hall des Magasins Généraux, Dieppe LOST
1912-05-22 Willie Lewis LWLLLL Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Points
1912-05-10 Hubert Roc LWDLWW Apollo-Théâtre, Marseille WIN
KO
1912-04-03 George Gunther DLWWWW Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Points
1912-02-29 Jim Sullivan WWWWWL Stand de la Condamine, Monte Carlo WIN
KO
1912-01-27 Charles Bradley WLLL Hippodrome Lillois, Lille WIN
KO
1912-01-17 Battling Lacroix WWLLWD Salle du Grand Skating-Rouennais, Rouen WIN
Technical knockout
1912-01-13 Battling Taylor LL Hippodrome Lillois, Lille WIN
KO
1911-12-13 Harry Lewis WWWLLD Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Points
1911-11-25 Battling Lacroix LDWWWW Hippodrome Lillois, Lille WIN
KO
1911-11-17 Theo Gray LLLLL Boulogne-sur-Mer WIN
KO
1911-10-23 Young Joseph WWWWWW King's Hall WIN
Corner retirement
1911-10-02 Sid Burns WWDWWW Earls Court Arena, Kensington WIN
Points
1911-08-19 Dixie Kid LWWL Trouville LOST
Technical knockout
1911-08-14 Arthur Evernden LWWWDW Cabourg WIN
Points
1911-06-23 Jack Goldswain DWWWWW Skating de la Rue Edinbourg, Paris WIN
KO
1911-06-10 Robert Eustache WWDWWL Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Technical knockout
1911-05-20 Frank Loughrey LLLWLW Cirque de Paris, Paris WIN
Points
1911-04-23 Henri Marchand DWLDWL Arras WIN
KO
1911-04-08 George Colbourne LWWWWW Brussels WIN
Points
1911-04-01 Sid Stagg LWDWWL Franco-American Skating Rink, Roubaix WIN
Points
1911-03-25 Jack Meekins LLLWLD Wonderland, Paris WIN
Points
1911-03-15 Henri Marchand LLLWDW Liege WIN
KO
1911-03-12 Harry Staessens W Théâtre des Associations, Lens WIN
KO
1911-03-01 Young Nipper DLLDWW Hippodrome, Paris WIN
Points
1911-01-27 Henri Piet DDWWW Cirque de Paris, Paris LOST
Points
1911-01-14 George Randall LLLWDL Wonderland, Paris WIN
KO
1911-01-08 Edouard Brochet WWWDLD Théâtre des Associations, Lens WIN
KO
1910-12-17 Jack Daniels WLWLWD Wonderland, Paris WIN
Points
1910-12-03 Henri Demlen debut Brussels WIN
Points
1910-11-19 George Randall LLLLWD Wonderland, Paris WIN
Technical knockout
1910-11-06 Young Williams debut Arras WIN
KO
1910-10-22 Jim Campbell debut Wonderland, Paris WIN
KO
1910-10-15 Percy Wilson LWWWWW Wonderland, Paris WIN
Points
1910-10-08 Jean Audouy DLLWW Brussels DRAW
Points
1910-08-13 Fernand Cuny LDLWLW Cabourg WIN
Technical knockout
1910-07-17 Hubert Baelen debut Lille WIN
KO
1910-07-08 Paul Til LWWDWW Pepiniere, Paris DRAW
Points
1910-06-11 Louis Achille WWL Salon de l'Alcazar, Lievin WIN
KO
1910-04-16 Fernand Cuny WWWLDL Bordeaux LOST
Technical knockout
1910-04-09 Young Snowball debut Wonderland, Paris LOST
Technical knockout
1910-04-03 Georges Gloria LWLLW Lens WIN
KO
1910-03-26 Fernand Cuny DWWWLD Nouvel-Alcazar, Lyon WIN
Points
1910-03-20 Louis Achille WW Hippodrome Municipal, Douai WIN
KO
1910-03-12 Buck Shine LWDWWW Wonderland belge, Brussels LOST
Points
1910-02-10 Joseph Lampin LLLLL Wonderland belge, Brussels WIN
KO
1910-01-15 Wally Pickard WWDLWD Brussels WIN
KO
1910-01-14 Paul Til DWLLLD Élysée Montmartre, Paris NC
No Contest
1910-01-08 Georges Gaillard WWLLLL Théâtre des Associations, Lens WIN
Points
1910-01-05 Young Warner WWLWDL Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris WIN
1909-12-22 Paul Til LLDWLL Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris WIN
Points
1909-12-08 Georges Gaillard LLLWWL Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris WIN
Points
1909-11-27 Paul Til WWLLDW Hippodrome Lillois, Lille WIN
Technical knockout
1909-11-24 Charles Ledoux WWDWWW Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris WIN
Points
1909-11-08 Joseph Lampin LLL Henin-Beaumont WIN
KO
1909-10-23 Lucien Dorgueille WLWLLL Wonderland, Paris WIN
Points
1909-10-16 Paul Til WWWWLL Hippodrome Lillois, Lille DRAW
Points
1909-10-11 Omer Hellebout debut Salle Desruelles, Roubaix WIN
Technical knockout
1909-08-28 Joseph Lampin LL Théâtre du Café Dubois, Denain WIN
KO
1909-08-21 Lucien Dorgueille WWLWLL Salle Beudaert, Lille WIN
KO
1909-06-26 Emile Wetinck debut Lille WIN
KO
1909-05-20 Joseph Lampin debut Valenciennes WIN
KO
1909-05-17 Auguste Relinger DLWLDD Hippodrome-Théâtre, Roubaix WIN
Points
1909-04-25 Cheveau LWDLL Vélodrome Roubaisien, Roubaix WIN
Points
1909-03-18 Achalme W Lens WIN
Points
1909-02-28 Charles Legrand LDLWLD Théâtre des Associations, Lens DRAW
Points
1909-02-25 Gaston Simon LL Paris WIN
Points
1909-02-19 Georges Gloria LWLL Paris LOST
KO
1909-01-10 Charles Legrand LWLD Théâtre des Associations, Lens WIN
Points
1908-12-05 Charles Legrand LWL Bethune DRAW
Points
1908-12-03 Gaston Simon debut Tivoli Boxing-Hall, Paris WIN
Points
1908-11-30 Ed Salmon L Cafe de Paris, Maisons-Lafitte LOST
Technical knockout
1908-11-01 Ed Salmon debut Cafe de Paris, Maisons-Lafitte WIN

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