The Archive · 1922

CARPENTIER VICTORIOUS

Light-Heavyweight Championship London, May 11.

_In the 20-round contest for the light-heavyweight championship of the World at Olympia to-day, Georges Carpentier knocked out Kid Lewis with a right to the jaw in the first round.

'A huge crowd assembled to witness the fight. The Duke of York and the French Ambassador were present.

Lewis was the first to appear, followed a minute later by Georges Carpentier. Both were given a tremendous reception. It was a disappointing fight and only lasted 150 seconds. The Frenchman missed a right to the jaw but in the breakaway from a clinch which followed, he landed a right arm jolt to the chin, finishing the fight.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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