Fight:68126

Georges Carpentier beat Robert Eustache by TKO in round 16 of 20

• Date: 1911-06-10
• Location: Cirque de Paris, Paris, Paris, France

In an article attributed to Georges Carpentier titled "My Fights and Loves" in the 1956 edition of the True Boxing Yearbook (p. 9), he said of this bout: "I was 17, tall, but of slender build although no longer skinny. I was much lighter than Eustache.... [Before the bout] Robert Eustache did not seem troubled. He grinned and waived at the crowd [estimated at 7,000 by Carpentier] and there were many beautifully dressed women among them. It was the first time I had ever seen such women at a prize fight. When, in the 16th round, the once formidable Eustache leaned, sick and dazed against the ropes, I knew that I had the chance I had been seeking after hitting him with some of my best punches round after round. His sweat-soaked gloves dangled at hip-level and I hit him again. It was like hitting dead flesh on a butcher's block. A moment later his managers and seconds threw in the towel and dragged him to his corner. I was the new welterweight champion of France, and women were shrieking and screaming and laughing and shouting my name. The tricolor belt of the championship was put around my waist and the celebrities of Paris came crowding into my dressing-room. I remember at least three of France's most distinguished authors, as well as stage stars and society people, all clamoring to congratulate me." According to this article, the bout occurred on June 15, 1911.