Firpo sending Dempsey outside the ring! "The fight of the century" Luis Firpo vs Jack Dempsey with "LAF" c (Initials) Customized personally owned WATCH - CLOCK with Box GIFTED for the Fight at Chicago, September 14, 1923!

This watch boxed was Gifted to Firpo in 1923 at his hometown Junin (Argentina) by famous cigar company - Cigarrilos Excelsior!

Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ángel Firpo was a boxing match and one of the most significant events in sports of the era. It was the first time that a Latin American challenged for the world heavyweight title. The bout was named Ring Magazine Fight of the Year for 1923. The painting Dempsey and Firpo by George Bellows, showing Firpo knocking Dempsey out of the ring, is an iconic piece of Americana.


Firpo was the first Latin American in history to challenge for the world heavyweight title. He burst onto the scene in 1922. None of the results of his from before 1922 were available to most audiences. After going 4–0 in 1922, Firpo began 1923 at Madison Square Garden knocking out former title challenger Bill Brennan in the 12th round with a right. Brennan had to be taken to the hospital afterwards for a concussion. "Dempsey never hit me any harder than this fellow," said Brennan, adding that he couldn't wear his old hat because his head was too swollen.[1] Firpo knocked out former heavyweight champion Jess Willard in front of 100,000 spectators, a world record for boxing attendance at the time.[2] He finally got the title shot after a win against Charley Weinert.


In anticipation for the Dempsey-Firpo bout, a Firpo sparring session drew a crowd of 12,000. The match was at the Polo Grounds, normal capacity 55,000, but an additional 20,000 seats were constructed bringing the total to 75,000 for the fight, later expanded to 83,000. The police estimated that 150,000 people showed up, including a mass extending a quarter mile in every direction around the arena.


The event
Dempsey versus Firpo took place on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Dempsey had been champion since 1919, and Firpo was one of the top heavyweights of the world, nicknamed "El Toro de las Pampas" ("The Wild Bull of the Pampas"). The referee was Johnny Gallagher.

Luis Firpo throws Jack Dempsey out of the ring; this was the basis for artist George Wesley Bellows' famous portrait.

Firpo was floored seven times in the first round of the bout, before he trapped Dempsey against the ropes and launched a combination that sent the champion out of the ring. Dempsey was helped into the ring at the count of nine (in spite of having been seventeen seconds outside the ring; fighters are given a twenty-second count when they are knocked through the ropes). After getting back in the ring Dempsey took 13 consecutive shots from Firpo. In the second round Dempsey rallied and knocked out Firpo. It was named Ring Magazine Fight of the Year for 1923.

WATCH DETAILS: Box size is: 8.5cm square and Watch is made in argentina by Cigarillos Excelsior and diamter 4 cm