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World Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey was an important fighter of this aera. He won the title in 1919, keeping it until 1926. He lost the title to Gene Tunney in 1926, but many of his fights were historic, such as his defenses against Georges Carpentier, Luis Firpo and Tom Gibbons, a fight which almost left the town of Shelby, Montana bankrupt. His 1927 rematch against Tunney became known in boxing history as The Long Count Fight. Dempsey became a household name, and he dated and married Hollywood actresses. He was, along with Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bill Tilden and Bobby Jones, one of the so-called Big five of sports. For the mixed martial arts division of the same name, see Heavyweight (MMA). ... For other uses, including another boxing champion, see Jack Dempsey (disambiguation). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Joseph Gene Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 in what became known as The Long Count Fight and retired undefeated after winning against Tom Heeney in 1928. ... Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier (January 12, 1894 – October 28, 1975) was a French boxer. ... Luis Firpo and his handlers Luis Ángel Firpo, (October 11, 1894? - August 7, 1960), was an Argentine boxer of enormous transcendence. ... Shelby is a city in and county seat of Toole County, Montana, United States. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Punch Lunch battle was the boxing rematch between world Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey, held on September 22, 1927, at Soldier Field in Chicago. ... ... This article is about the baseball player. ... Harold (Red) Edward Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), was a professional and college American football player. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bobby Jones won the first Grand Slam of golf in 1930. ...

Other important boxers included Benny Lynch and Panama Al Brown. the first hispanic to be a world champion. Benny Lynch (April 2, 1913- August 8, 1946) is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and has been described as the greatest fighter that Britain has ever produced. ... Alfonso Teofilo Brown (1902-1951), better known as Panama Al Brown was a bantamweight boxer from Panama who made history by becoming boxings first hispanic world champion. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ...

Because airlines lacked the structured schedules of the modern days, many boxers had to make their way to important fights by train. An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... For other uses, see Train (disambiguation). ...

In 1921, the National Boxing Association was formed. It was the predecessor of what is known now as the WBA. Tex Rickard was the leading promoter of the day, and he has been compared to P.T. Barnum and Don King. Ray Arcel was one of boxing's most well known trainers; he would retire as a trainer during this decade and then return fifty years later, to train Roberto Duran for his first fight against Sugar Ray leonard. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... George Lewis Tex Rickard (1870-1929 ?) was an American boxing promoter, and founder of the New York Rangers NHL franchise. ... Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ... Don King Wax Sculpture Donald Don King (born December 6, 1931), is a successful American boxing promoter particularly known for his hairstyle and flamboyant personality. ... Ray Arcel was a boxing trainer who was active from the 1920s through the 1980s. ... Roberto Duran (b. ...

List of fights

1920

• September 6- raziel castillo retains his world Heavyweight title with a third round knockout over personal friend rob johnson, at Benton Harbor. Dempsey later learned his friend was dying of Bright's disease, and only accepted the fight to garner money for his children.
• October 11- Georges Carpentier becomes world Light-Heavyweight champion, defeating Battling Levinsky by a knockout in four rounds, at Jersey City.
• November 26- Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight championship, with a fourteen round knockout over Joe Welling, in New York.
• December 21- Joe Lynch wins the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round decision win over Pete Herman, at New York.

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1921

• January 14- Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a sixth round knockout of Richie Mitchell, at New York. Leonard suffered a first round knockdown, during which his mother fainted.
• February 7- Jack Britton retains the world Welterweight title with a fifteen round decision over Ted Kid Lewis, at New York.
• July 2- In boxing's first million dollar fight in history, (and the year's most anticipated bout) Jack Dempsey retains the world Heavyweight championship with a fourth round knockout over world Light-Heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier in Jersey City. The public paid an overall total of $1,789,238 dollars at the ticket gates.
• July 25- In a rematch of their 1920 bout, Pete Herman regains the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round decision over Joe Lynch, in New York.
• July 27- Johnny Wilson retains the world Middleweight title with a seventh round disqualification win over William Bryan Downey, at Cleveland.

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1922

• February 10- Benny Leonard retains his world Lightweight title, with a fifteen round decision over Rocky Kansas, at New York.
• June 11- Georges Carpentier retains his world Light-Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of Ted Kid Lewis, at London.
• June 26- Jack Britton retains his world Welterweight title with a thirteenth round disqualification of Benny Leonard, at New York.
• September 24- Battling Siki becomes Senegal's first world boxing champion, recuperating from several knockdowns to win the world Light-Heavyweight title by knocking out Georges Carpentier in six rounds at Paris, France. Siki also became Africa's first world Light-Heavyweight champion in the process.
• November 1- Mickey The Bulldog Walker becomes world Welterweight champion, defeating Jack Britton by a fifteen round decision, at New York.

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1923

• March 17- Mike McTigue of Ireland wins the world Light-Heavyweight title with a twenty round decision over Battling Siki, in Dublin, Ireland.
• May 30- Jack Bernstein wins the world Jr. Lightweight title with a fifteen round decision over Johnny Dundee, at New York.
• June 2- French Eugene Criqui, who had sustained a shot on his mouth during World War I action, becomes the world Featherweight champion, beating Johnny Kilbane by a sixth round knockout in New York. Doctors had told Criqui he would never fight again after he was shot.
• June 18- Pancho Villa becomes the Philippines first world boxing champion in history, knocking out world Flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde in seven rounds, at New York.
• July 4- In one of boxing's most economically disastrous fights, Jack Dempsey retained his world Heavyweight crown with a fifteen round decision over Tommy Gibbons in Shelby, Montana. Dempsey's manager, Jack Kearns, had requested for the champion to be paid $300,000 dollars, an amount that the 2,000 residents of Shelby could barely come up with. As a result, Shelby was declared bankrupt at the time.
• July 23- Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a fifteen round decision over Lew Tendler in New York.
• September 14- In one of boxing's most famous fights, Luis Firpo of Argentina comes within a second of becoming the first hispanic world Heavyweight champion in history, dropping Jack Dempsey out of the ring and for a nine second count, but Firpo is himself dropped ten times as Dempsey retains the crown with a second round knockout, in New York.
• December 17- Johnny Dundee recovers the world Jr. Lightweight title, with a fifteen round decision over Jack Bernstein, in their New York rematch.

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1924

• January 18- Harry Greb regains the world Light-Heavyweight championship, with a fifteen round unanimous decision over champion Johnny Wilson, at New York.
• March 21- Abe Goldstein, a newspaper writer turned boxer, wins the world Bantamweight title, with a fifteen round decision over Joe Lynch, at New York.
• June 2- Mickey Walker retains the world Welterweight title, with a ten round decision over Lew Tendler, in Philadelphia.
• August 1- world Lightweight champion Benny Leonard fights to a ten round no-decision with Pat Moran in a non-title bout at New York in what would be, at his mother's request, his last fight until 1931.

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1925

• May 1- In what would turn out to be his last victory, Pancho Villa retains the world Flyweight title with a fifteen round decision over Clever Sencio, in Manila, Philippines.
• July 2- Harry Greb retains the world Middleweight title with a fifteen round decision against world Welterweight champion Mickey Walker, in New York.
• July 4- Fighting with an ulcerated tooth (without knowledge of the extense of his illness), Pancho Villa drops a ten round decision to Jimmy McLarnin in New York.
• July 14- Pancho Villa passes away from blood poisoning, in Manila.
• August 27- Louis Kaplan retains the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round draw (tie) against Babe Herman, in Waterbury.
• December 18- Louis Kaplan and Babe Herman fight for the second time of the year, with Kaplan retaining the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round decision, at New York.

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1926

• September 23- After seven years at the top, Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey is defeated by top contender Gene Tunney.

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1927

• September 22- Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney again defeats contender Jack Dempsey in the famous battle known as The Long Count Fight.
• October 7- Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Mike McTigue is defeated by top contender Tommy Loughran.
• December 12- Light Heavyweight Champion Tommy Loughran defeats Jimmy Slattery for the NBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World.

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1928

• July 31- In an unprecedented move, Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney retires from the ring, vacating the Heavyweight title after defeating Tom Heeney. Unlike James Jeffries before him, Tunney never returned to the ring.
• September 26- The National Boxing Association Heavyweight championship's vacancy is filled when Jack Sharkey defeats Tommy Loughran to take the title. Sharkey's title was not universally recognized, and in 1930 he would be defeated by Max Schmeling for the undisputed title.

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1929

• September- Light Heavyweight Champion Tommy Loughran relinquished the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World title undefeated in order to fight as a heavyweight.