Georges Carpentier wants another trip to America, and this time he wants to meet Tommy Gibbons, the only man to stand up to Jack Dem-psey for the full 20 rounds of a championship bout. Tex Richard has greeted the Frenchman’s -proposal with a happy smile, as well he might, for a match between these two would be chock-full of clever scientific boxing and would drag a big crowd. ' He has written to Gibbons. Carpentier wants to fight a 15-rounds battle with the St. Paul boxer, and, if it eventuates, it should be one of the best heavy-weight fights yet seen in America.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1923, Page 13
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