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American boxer Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) (center left) fights French boxer Georges Carpentier (1894 - 1975) in the ring at at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey, July 2, 1921. Billed as 'the fight of the century,' the bout generated the first million dollar gate. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

American boxer Jack Dempsey (1895-1983) (center left) fights French boxer Georges Carpentier (1894 - 1975) in the ring at at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, New Jersey, July 2, 1921. Billed as 'the fight of the century,'  the bout generated the first million dollar gate. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)