Tommy Loughran vs. Georges Carpentier

Tommy Loughran 174 lbs beat Georges Carpentier 175 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1926-06-17
• Location: Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• Referee: Tommy Reilly
• Judge: William Stringfield
• Judge: Billy Reynolds

"Had Tommy relied upon his boxing skill to pull him through, had he been satisfied to simply defend himself as he tried to peck the Frenchmen to piece, he would have left the ring a beaten man. But the Philadelphia ace did no such thing. On the contrary, he carried the bout to his foeman, he smashed away at him with his right, he outguessed him, he outgeneraled him and last, but by no means least, he knocked him down for the count of nine."

Loughran scored the knockdown in the 7th round with a right hand to the jaw. Loughran also had a big 10th round, in which he pummeled Carpentier, and had him reeling and bleeding from the mouth. Carpentier staggered Loughran with a left hook in the 3rd round, which also cut him under the right eye. Loughran fought with his left hand up in the bout, protecting against the power reputation of Carpentier's right hand. Carpentier did his best work with the left hand in the bout.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

• After this bout Philadelphia promoters offered light heavyweight champion Paul Berlanbach $50,000 to defend his title against Tommy Loughran in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium. However, Berlanbach lost his title the following month to Jack Delaney.