Jack Dempsey vs. Carl Morris
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Jack Dempsey 185 lbs beat Carl Morris 220 lbs by KO at 1:00 in round 1 of 20
- Date: 1918-12-16
- Location: Louisiana Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Referee: Remy Dorr
Notes
- Dempsey received $4,000 and Morris $1,250.
- There was a crowd of 7,000.
- Odds were as high as 5 to 1 that Dempsey would win by a knockout and 6 to 5 that he would win inside of three rounds.
- The fight was held in an open-air arena.
- The Morning Oregonian reported: "The knockout blow was a short left hook to the stomach, delivered during a period of hard in-fighting."