Jack Dempsey vs. Bill Brennan (2nd meeting)
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Jack Dempsey (left) & Bill Brennan
Jack Dempsey 188 lbs beat Bill Brennan 197 lbs by KO at 1:57 in round 12 of 15
- Date: 1920-12-14
- Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
- Referee: Johnny Haukop
- World Heavyweight Championship (2nd defense by Dempsey)
- See also: Jack Dempsey vs. Bill Brennan (1st meeting)
Notes
- Brennan's best round was the second, when he landed two smashing uppercuts which had Dempsey in trouble. A left and right to the body put Brennan down for the full count in round 12. Brennan protested that he had beaten the count.
- According to the New York Evening World, exactly 10,875 tickets were sold. The live gate was $145,935; the four fights on the card cost Rickard $147,000. It was Rickard's first losing promotion since New York had again legalized boxing that year.
- Dempsey received $100,000 and Brennan got $35,000. Both also received a cut of the moving pictures.
- It was estimated that nearly 13,000 people were in attendance.
- The Canadian Press Service reported: "The champion proved to be Brennan's master in nearly every stage of the bout."
- Some claimed that Dempsey knocked out Brennan with a rabbit punch.
- The July 1964 issue of Boxing Illustrated had an article about the Dempsey-Brennan fight titled "Dempsey's Toughest Fight: It wasn't with Firpo—it was with Bill Brennan." [1]