The Battle of the Century

Beginning of July 1921. The Thirty Acres stadium in Jersey City, built specially for the occasion, was filling up at a phenomenal speed. In the centre of the ring, two boxers ready to fight for the world heavyweight championship title. Jack Dempsey, American title holder and Georges Carpentier, French war hero and hardened challenger were going to face one another in front of an audience of spectators and journalists in what would become the ‘fight of the century’. —Europa Film Treasures