Georges Carpentier
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Georges Carpentier was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. A precocious pugilist, Carpentier fought in numerous categories. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career
Georges Carpentier 1920
Dempsey and Carpentier in the arena before the fight
In June 1921, cartoonist Tad Dorgan drew what he expected would occur in the Carpentier-Dempsey fight.
Pat O'Keeffe
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Pat O'Keeffe was a British professional boxer became the British champion in both the welterweight and middleweight weight classes. His professional career spanned the years between 1902 and 1918. In
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…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 16 July he beat Ed "Gunboat" Smith to add the "White Heavyweight Champion of the World" to his European title. The white heavyweight…
O'Keeffe in a 1908 press photograph
O'Keeffe instructing troops in boxing at Camberwell during the First World War