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  1. Georges Carpentier (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ kaʁ.pɑ̃ˈtje]; 12 January 1894 – 28 October 1975) 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 lasting from 1908 to 1926. A French professional champion ...

  2. Georges Carpentier is regarded by historians and fight experts as one of the greatest European fighters to ever lace up a pair of gloves. Campaigning in every class from flyweight to heavyweight, Carpentier held either the French, European, or world championships in four different weight divisions.

  3. Georges Carpentier (born Jan. 12, 1894, Lens, France—died Oct. 27, 1975, Paris) was a French boxer who was world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22) and a European champion at four weight classes. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.)

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  4. Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier was a boxing fight between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and world light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier, which was one of the fights named the "Fight of the Century". The bout took place in the United States on Saturday, July 2, 1921, at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey.

  5. Georges Carpentier was a French boxer who competed in various weight classes and fought Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight title. He won several European and world titles and served in World War I as a pilot.

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  7. Georges Carpentier was a French boxer who fought from 1908 to 1926. He held the world light heavyweight title and challenged for the heavyweight title twice, losing to Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.

  8. Georges Carpentier ( French pronunciation: [ ʒɔʁʒ kaʁ.pɑ̃ˈtje]; 12 January 1894 – 28 October 1975) 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 lasting from 1908 to 1926.

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