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David Pirmann said:
Date on one photo of 7/2/21 indicates that "the fight" is this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey_vs._Georges_Carpentier
swanq said:
See

swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle's_Thirty_Acres "Boyle's Thirty Acres was a large wooden bowl arena in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was built specifically for the world heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey of the United States and Georges Carpentier of France on July 2, 1921. It held approximately 80,000 fans and was built at a cost of $250,000. It was situated around Montgomery Street and Cornelison Avenue, on a plot of marshland owned by John F. Boyle."
swanq said:
The fight promoter who built the arena was Tex Rickard. See
swanq said:
For more on the fight, see web.archive.org/web/20150620113105/http://www.njcu.edu/pr... and many more LoC pictures (by F.C. Quimby) at www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35134/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35133/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3a51258/ www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b35137/ and www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2005695543/
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
Swanq: Thanks! We will add this information to our descriptions next time we update.

David Pirmann said:
Date on this photo 7/2/21 indicates that "the fight" is this: Jack Dempsey versus Georges Carpentier was a boxing fight between world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and world light-heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier, which was one of the fights named the "Fight of the Century".[2] The bout took place in the United States on Saturday, July 2, 1921, at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City, New Jersey. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey_vs._Georges_Carpentier
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
David Pirmann: Thanks. We will update our description to include some of the additional details you have provided.