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Jack Dempsey versus 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".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Dempsey vs. Carpentier"July 1921 )〕 The bout took place July 2, 1921, in Jersey City, New Jersey.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier )〕 ==Pre-fight== Jack Dempsey was the world Heavyweight champion since he beat Jess Willard by a fourth round knockout in 1919. The challenge by Carpentier would be his third title defense, after retaining the championship against Billy Miske and Bill Brennan. Both Miske and Brennan died shortly after fighting Dempsey, of causes unrelated to their fights. Carpentier was the world Light-Heavyweight champion, having beaten Battling Levinsky by a fourth round knockout in his previous bout to win the title at Westside Ballpark in Jersey City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Georges Carpentier - Boxer )〕 Despite the fact the bout was held in the United States, Dempsey, the American defending champion, was cast as an anti-hero whereas Carpentier, the French challenger, was seen as a hero by fans.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SecondsOut Boxing News - USA Boxing News - Jack Dempsey Revisited )〕 This was partly due to the fact that Dempsey had not fought at war and Carpentier had, for the French Army. Dempsey was seen by many as a draft-dodger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dempsey Carpentier Fight )〕 Dempsey went on trial during 1920, accused of draft evasion. At the same time, he went through a divorce from his first wife, Maxine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dempsey Carpentier 1st $Million Gate July 2, 1921 )〕 Tex Rickard, Dempsey's promoter, built up the fight, using the public's view of both fighters as a way to promote the bout. Rickard mainly operated out of the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, but at the time he was having trouble with authorities at the New York State boxing commission and Tammany Hall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tex Rickard - The most dynamic fight promoter in history - BoxingInsider.com )〕 In addition, New York governor Nathan L. Miller opposed having the fight take place in his state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greb vs. Tunney by Sam Gregory )〕 Also, Rickard envisioned a larger crowd than the Madison Square Garden could fit coming to this fight, and he preferred boxing fights to be held at outside arenas so he built Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, with a capacity for 80,000 paying customers. Rickard borrowed an amount of $250,000 dollars (in 1921 money) to make the arena.〔 Wireless Age, a technology magazine of the era, had held a convention at New York City from March 16 to the 19th of the same year. Julius Hopp was a concert organizer at the Madison Square Garden, and he asked Rickard for permission to broadcast the fight live on radio. Hopp then attended the convention and he was able to meet local radio enthusiasts. In addition, several radio stations had begun playing in New York City, including Westinghouse's KDKA. John Ringling, who was Rickard's Madison Square Garden partner, opposed live transmission of the bout, but he relented once a compromise was reached to have radio equipment located outside the arena instead of inside it. AT&T also protested, refusing to connect a ringside telephone line to a transmitter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Battle of the Century": The WJY Story )〕 The transmitter used was said to be the largest one ever built up to that time. It was built by General Electric and set up at the Lackawanna train terminal in Hoboken, from where the bout was transmitted to theaters, halls and auditoriums in 61 other cities across the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dempsey-Carpentier Fight, July 1921 )〕 The fight became the first world title fight to be carried over on radio, ushering in an era of boxing radiocasts that lasted until televised boxing came along. The afternoon of July 2, 1921, the first fight to take place before the main event was one between boxers Frankie Burns and Packey O'Gatty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Boxing Association History )〕 Burns won that fight on points in eight rounds.〔http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:167013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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