CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
DESCAMPS’S TRIBUTE TO' DEMPSEY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 24, 5.6 p.m.) PARIS, July 23. Enthusiastic crowds welcomed Georges Carpentier at Havre. Interviewed; Deecamps (Carpentier’s manager) described Dempsey as a champion of champions. “He is the greatest boxer- the world has seen, combining science with tremendous strength. Oarpoirtier, who is nineteen poun® lighter, attempted a superhuman Nothing has definitely been settled for Carpentier’® future. CARPENTIER WELCOMED HOME. (Received July 24, 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, July 23. Twenty thousand people weloomed Carpentier. Descamps states that C'arpentier will probably accept Major Arnold Wilson’s offer to fight some American heavy-weight in London before December. Carpentier declared that he meant to fight once more before retiring.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10961, 25 July 1921, Page 5
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