Carpentier, Georges

Born January 12, 1894 in Leuven, in a poor working-class family, whose life was connected with coal mines.
He went in for sports at the age of 12, initially performing in French boxing , in which both arms and legs were used equally. From the age of 14 he began to participate in battles in English boxing.
Bypassing the amateur ring, at the age of 17, bypassing the rules that allowed only boxers who reached the age of 21 to be professionals, he became a professional.
The European champion is consistently in 4 weight categories (the only one in history at that time): welterweight in 1911-1912, average in 1912-1913, alternately light and heavy in the period 1913-1922. Light heavyweight world champion in 1920-1922.
Member of the First World War . He fought as part of the French Air Force , was awarded the Military Medal and the Military Cross .

In 1921, he made an attempt to become the absolute world champion in the “match of the century” with Jack Dempsey . In the second round, he severely injured his hand, but the fight continued. In the fourth round he was knocked out, but retained the world light heavyweight title. September 24, 1922 lost this title, losing by knockout in the 6th round to the Senegalese Battling Siki residing in France. A few months later, without a fight, the world title was returned to Carpentier for a short while, since Siki, being a second in another battle, violated the rules and was disqualified with the loss of the world title. The disqualification was supported by professional associations of America and England and the world title officially returned to Carpentier. However, Shiki went to court and the court returned him the world title.
Having finished his boxing career, Carpentier opened a restaurant in Paris. ^[6] .
April 28, 1975 died of a heart attack. He was 81 years old.

• In 1991 he was included in the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Several streets and stadiums in France bear his name. Including Georges Carpentier Hall in the 13th arrondissement of Paris .

• The nickname "Orchid" Carpentier received for his addiction to the cultivation of rare varieties of orchids. He often wore this flower on the lapel of his costume.
• In the early stages of his career, he was also a judge outside the ring, including in the fight for the world heavyweight title between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran in Paris in June 1915.

• Starred in the movie. The most famous role in the American feature film "The Wonder Man" ("The Wonder Man"), 1920.
• In 1920, he wrote the book The Brothers of the Brown Owl, translated into several languages ^[7] .

• Georges Carpentier - The Orchid.

• Carpentier, Georges - professional boxing statistics for BoxRec
• Gennady Shatkov "Cruel Rounds"
• Georges Carpentier on the Internet Movie Database