WIN FOR DEMPSEY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 4 July 1921, Page 5

WIN FOR DEMPSEY.

IN FOURTH ROUND

BY CABLS—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. NEW YORK, July 2.

Dempsey knocked out Carpentier in the fourth round, retaining the heavyweight championship of the world.

Carpentier entered the ring weighing 1721b! and Dempsey 1881bs. Oarpentier landed blows several times, but Dempsey punished him heavily in return.

In the second round Carpentier fle^ into Dempsey, who got in several heavy blows to the head. Carpentier delivered six to the jaw.

The third round saw sonic vicious in-fighting, x Dempsey punishing Carpentier severely and blattering him int6 the corner. The sounding of the bell saved the Frenchman.

In the fourth round Dempsey knocked Carpentier out in one minute sixteen seconds by a short right hook to the chin. Carpentier took the count up to nine. Then he sprang to his feet and was knocked'out after an unmerciful beating, his face ibeing badly battered.

Experts think Carpentier's undoing was his attempt to land a right to ODempsey's head while he had both feet off the ground. He missed his aim and Dempsey's tiger-like right smashed into Carpentier's jaw, flooring: Georges, who took the count up to nine. Then another right ended the fight.

.Carpentier possessed lightness and swiftness, but his punches were without force. Dempsey twice laughed when Carpentier's blows landed. Dempsey appeared to estimate his opponent in the first two rounds. He decided h« was weak and took a quick offensive.

An interesting scene occurred when Dempsey, realising that his opponent was out, picked up Georges, brushing Kearns aside, who attempted to motion Dempsey to his own "corner. Deschamps lifted Georges up and dragged him. away. Carpentier recovered in three minutes and Dempsey came-up and shook'Carpentier's hand and said: "You are a, fine boy ; you gave me a hard fight."

Carpentier's face was badly torn and hi&; thumb broken. He smiled wanely when leaving the ring, when the crowd gave, him a fine ovation. He was favourite with the crowd throughout the ibout. The spectators numbered 91,000j the iargest in the history of American boxing. The fight started at 3.19 p.m. and ended at 3.30 p.m. '

■ Carpentier, in a statement, said: "The better man beat me. I broke my right hand in the second round when I landed an over-handed punch to Dempsey's jaw. After that I was only able to, stand) him off. I knew I was going after the first knock-out in that fourt.ii round, but I decided to make a last try. Dempsey hurt me by hard punches to the kidneys, and during our first flurry of in-fighting he held both in'y gloves with one arm . sLndi hammered my ribs. I was also feeling the force of his hard blows to my head. 1 believe I out-fought Dempsey during the third round, but he took" everything I had for the sake of hitting me."

Deschamps, in a t statement, said: "Dempsey is a real champion.. It was a ease of the best light heavy-tveight against the best heavy-weight; another case of JKetchell against Johnson."