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Georges Carpentier | |
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| Born | 12 January 1894[1] Liévin, France |
| Died | 28 October 1975 (aged 81) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | The Orchid Man |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Welterweight Middleweight Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (182 cm)[1] |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 112 |
| Wins | 89 |
| Wins by KO | 57 |
| Losses | 15 |
| Draws | 6 |
| No contests | 1 |
Georges Carpentier (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ kaʁ.pɑ̃ˈtje]; 12 January 1894 – 28 October 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot.[2] A precocious pugilist, Carpentier fought in numerous categories. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908 to 1926. A French professional champion on several occasions, he became the European heavyweight champion before the First World War. A sergeant aviator during the Great War, he was wounded before returning to civilian life. He then discovered rugby union, playing as a winger.
On his return to the ring in 1919, "le grand Georges" ("the great Georges" in English) he was celebrated as a symbol of a sporting powerhouse France, via performances in Great Britain and the United States of America. His knockout victory over Battling Levinsky on 12 October 1920 in Jersey City in the United States earned him the title of world champion. A defeat by Jack Dempsey the following year nevertheless strengthened his legend and brought him worldwide fame. This defeat marked the decline of his career, punctuated by the controversial loss of his titles to Battling Siki.
Nicknamed the "Orchid Man",[1] he stood 5 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (182 cm) and his fighting weight ranged from 147 to 175 pounds (67 to 79 kg).[1]
Later notable performances included a defeat by Gene Tunney. Carpentier ended his career in 1926, but remained a leading figure in French boxing. Appointed ambassador for French sport abroad after the Second World War, in which he took part in the French Air Force, Carpentier died of a heart attack in 1975. A decade after his death, the Parisian Sports Arena in the 13th arrondissement of Paris was renamed Halle Georges-Carpentier after him. Along with Marcel Cerdan, he remains one of France's best boxers.
Biography
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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 1 June 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 16 July 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 (equivalent to approximately £918,889 today[3]).
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 also in the United Kingdom and the United States.
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.[4] The fight took place on 12 October 1920, in Jersey City and Levinsky was knocked out in the fourth. Carpentier's attempt at the heavyweight Championship of the world came on 2 July 1921, again in Jersey City, when he faced Jack Dempsey in front of boxing's first million dollar gate (approximately $17,000,000 today). Carpentier was badly beaten around before suffering a knockout in the second minute of the fourth round and 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 24 September 1922, in a controversial bout with Senegalese fighter Battling Siki. His last truly noteworthy fight was on 24 July 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 the UK and the US. As a singer he cut two sides on a gramophone record in 1927 for Pathé, in the style of French singer Maurice Chevalier. 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, US, 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 neighbourhood. 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.
Death
Carpentier died in Paris at age 81 in 1975 of a heart attack, and was buried in the cimetière de Vaires-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France.[2]
Legacy
He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.[5]
Selected filmography
- The Wonder Man (1920)
- A Gipsy Cavalier (1922)
- The Show of Shows (1929)
- Hold Everything (1930)
- Toboggan (1934)
Professional boxing record
| 112 fights | 89 wins | 15 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 57 | 10 |
| By decision | 29 | 4 |
| By disqualification | 3 | 1 |
| Draws | 6 | |
| No contests | 1 | |
| Newspaper decisions/draws | 1 | |
All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Age | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Win | 89–15–6 (2) | Rocco Stramaglia | KO | 3 (12) | Sep 15, 1926 | 32 years, 246 days | Elks Gym, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S. | |
| 111 | Win | 88–15–6 (2) | Jack Burke | KO | 2 (4) | Jul 7, 1926 | 32 years, 176 days | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | |
| 110 | Loss | 87–15–6 (2) | Tommy Loughran | UD | 10 | Jun 17, 1926 | 32 years, 156 days | Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| 109 | Draw | 87–14–6 (2) | Eddie Huffman | PTS | 10 | May 21, 1926 | 32 years, 129 days | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 108 | Loss | 87–14–5 (2) | Gene Tunney | TKO | 15 (15) | Jul 24, 1924. | 30 years, 194 days | Polo Grounds, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 107 | Loss | 87–13–5 (2) | Tommy Gibbons | NWS | 10 | May 31, 1924 | 30 years, 140 days | Floyd Fitzsimmons' Arena, Michigan City, Indiana, U.S. | |
| 106 | Win | 87–13–5 (1) | Arthur Townley | KO | 2 (10) | May 1, 1924 | 30 years, 110 days | Stadion Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria | |
| 105 | Win | 86–13–5 (1) | Joe Beckett | KO | 1 (20) | Oct 1, 1923 | 29 years, 262 days | Olympia, Kensington, London, England | Won vacant IBU heavyweight title |
| 104 | Win | 85–13–5 (1) | Marcel Nilles | KO | 8 (20) | May 6, 1923 | 29 years, 114 days | Stade Buffalo, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Won vacant France heavyweight title |
| 103 | Loss | 84–13–5 (1) | Battling Siki | KO | 6 (20) | Sep 24, 1922 | 28 years, 255 days | Stade Buffalo, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France | Lost NBA, NYSAC, and IBU light-heavyweight titles Lost IBU heavyweight title |
| 102 | Win | 84–12–5 (1) | Ted 'Kid' Lewis | KO | 1 (20) | May 11, 1922 | 28 years, 119 days | Olympia, Kensington, London, England | Retained NBA, NYSAC, and IBU light-heavyweight titles |
| 101 | Win | 83–12–5 (1) | George Cook | KO | 4 (10) | Jan 12, 1922 | 28 years, 0 days | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England | |
| 100 | Loss | 82–12–5 (1) | Jack Dempsey | KO | 4 (12) | Jul 2, 1921 | 27 years, 171 days | Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | For NYSAC and NBA heavyweight titles |
| 99 | Win | 82–11–5 (1) | Battling Levinsky | KO | 4 (12) | Oct 12, 1920 | 26 years, 274 days | Westside Ballpark, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | Won world and vacant NYSAC light-heavyweight titles |
| 98 | Win | 81–11–5 (1) | Georges Grundhoven | KO | 2 (15) | Feb 21, 1920 | 26 years, 40 days | Palais du Soleil, Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes, France | |
| 97 | Win | 80–11–5 (1) | Blink McCloskey | KO | 2 (15) | Jan 10, 1920 | 25 years, 363 days | Alhambra, Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
| 96 | Win | 79–11–5 (1) | Joe Beckett | KO | 1 (20) | Dec 4, 1919 | 25 years, 326 days | Holborn Stadium, Holborn, London, England | Retained IBU heavyweight title |
| 95 | Win | 78–11–5 (1) | Jean Croissilles | KO | 2 (20) | Sep 29, 1919 | 25 years, 260 days | Teatro Bellas Artes, San Sebastian, País Vasco, Spain | |
| 94 | Win | 77–11–5 (1) | Dick Smith | KO | 8 (20) | Jul 19, 1919 | 25 years, 188 days | Cirque de Paris, Paris, France | Retained IBU light-heavyweight title |
| 93 | Win | 76–11–5 (1) | Kid Jackson | DQ | 4 (15) | Jul 26, 1914 | 20 years, 195 days | Bordeaux, Gironde, France | Jackson was disqualified for hitting low |
| 92 | Win | 75–11–5 (1) | Gunboat Smith | DQ | 6 (20) | Jul 16, 1914 | 20 years, 185 days | Olympia, Kensington, London, England | Won 'white' world heavyweight title |
| 91 | Win | 74–11–5 (1) | Battling Robinson | KO | 3 (?) | Jun 14, 1914 | 20 years, 153 days | Place du Champ-de-Mars, Beziers, Hérault, France | |
| 90 | Win | 73–11–5 (1) | Hubert Roc | KO | 2 (12) | May 31, 1914 | 20 years, 139 days | Hippodrome, Valenciennes, Nord, France | |
| 89 | Win | 72–11–5 (1) | George Mitchell | TKO | 1 (6) | Apr 14, 1914 | 20 years, 92 days | Salle Lerda, Paris, France | |
| 88 | Win | 71–11–5 (1) | Irish O'Mara | KO | 2 (15) | Apr 13, 1914 | 20 years, 91 days | Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France | |
| 87 | Loss | 70–11–5 (1) | Joe Jeannette | PTS | 15 | Mar 21, 1914 | 20 years, 68 days | Luna Parc, Porte Maillot, Paris, France | |
| 86 | Win | 70–10–5 (1) | Pat O'Keeffe | KO | 2 (15) | Jan 19, 1914 | 20 years, 7 days | Eldorado-Casino, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France | |
| 85 | Win | 69–10–5 (1) | Bombardier Billy Wells | KO | 1 (20) | Dec 8, 1913 | 19 years, 330 days | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, London, England | Retained IBU heavyweight title |
| 84 | Win | 68–10–5 (1) | Max Abbat | KO | 3 (12) | Oct 31, 1913 | 19 years, 292 days | Kursaal de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 83 | Win | 67–10–5 (1) | Jeff Smith | PTS | 20 | Oct 11, 1913 | 19 years, 272 days | Luna Park Arena, Paris, France | |
| 82 | Win | 66–10–5 (1) | Ashley Williams | KO | 4 (12) | Aug 6, 1913 | 19 years, 206 days | Casino-Kursaal, Vichy, Allier, France | |
| 81 | Win | 65–10–5 (1) | Albert Lurie | TKO | 3 (?) | Jun 29, 1913 | 19 years, 168 days | Arènes de la Benatte, Bordeaux, Gironde, France | |
| 80 | Win | 64–10–5 (1) | Bombardier Billy Wells | KO | 4 (20) | Jun 1, 1913 | 19 years, 140 days | Feestpaleis, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium | Won inaugural IBU heavyweight title |
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