Jack Dempsey vs. Meyer (K.O.) Christner

Dempsey and Christner

Notes

• Dempsey's bout with Christner was billed as an exhibition.
• Between August 1931 and September 1932, Dempsey boxed over 100 exhibition bouts as part of a barnstorming tour.
• Dempsey weighed 185 pounds and Christner weighed 204.
• Dempsey floored Christner in the first round.
• Christner came back to win the second round. He scored with hard rights to the jaw and reopened a cut above Dempsey's left eye, which the former champion had suffered during an exhibition match in Milwaukee three nights earlier.
• Dempsey knocked Christner down three times in the third round. Christner was counted out after the third knockdown.
• There was a crowd of nearly 10,000.
• The gate was $27,973. Dempsey got 50 percent after a six percent deduction for the boxing commission.

Newspaper Articles

• "Dempsey Gets Kayo in Cleveland Battle" Prescott Evening Courier, February 12, 1932
• "Dempsey Knocks Christner Out" The Spokesman-Review, February 12, 1932