18 yr old Carpentier vs Frank Klaus 1912!!!!!

[RockysSplitNose]

This just showed up on Youtube aswell!! hahaha it's all coming out - next it'll be Greb-Tunney I (we hope) come on rareboxing, put us out of our misery - stop with holding :D

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All fellow Carp fans enjoy this never before seen footage of the man post light heavyweight :good

[bodhi]

I posted it already in the Carpentier-Cerdan thread but it definitly deserves its own. The quality is great also. I wonder where the guy got these footage from.

[burt bienstock]

As I posted before Carpentier was only 18 years of age in this great clip in 1912...Yet he was able to go nineteen rounds with Frank Klaus, losing the bout on a foul...Yes the old guys were tough...Yessir..

[Dempsey1238]

Perhaps from other traders, Its not that rare of a fight. I was able to get it nearly 4 years ago lol.

[Unforgiven]

I would love to see Carpentier v. Jeanette.

[RockysSplitNose]

Perhaps from other traders, Its not that rare of a fight. I was able to get it nearly 4 years ago lol.

Jesus you had it 4 years ago!!!??? :lol: What the hell have you been doing sitting on it for the last 4 years!!???? :patsch God knows who's got what out there if they're just not doing anything with it (??) - like you for past 4 years - jesus - if there's anyone else out there that has something which they have the slightest feeling might be of interest to fight fans let us know on here - even if it had never occured to you - you might have the holy grail Greb footage without knowing it or something :nut

[Meast]

you might have the holy grail Greb footage without knowing it or something :nut

If only!

[My2Sense]

Jesus you had it 4 years ago!!!??? :lol: What the hell have you been doing sitting on it for the last 4 years!!???? :patsch God knows who's got what out there if they're just not doing anything with it (??) - like you for past 4 years - jesus - if there's anyone else out there that has something which they have the slightest feeling might be of interest to fight fans let us know on here - even if it had never occured to you - you might have the holy grail Greb footage without knowing it or something :nut

Easy there, fella! :lol:

Klaus-Carpentier has been out there for quite some time. HBO showed a clip of it during its original PPV broadcast of Jones-Toney, and that was more than a decade ago. See here:
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[SLAKKA]

The new champion was from East Pittsburgh. Klaus had no affectations as a person, and he fought with the same lack of subtlety. Old-time manager Bunny Buntag described him as "a stocky guy who could walk right into you and keep going to the body all the time."

Klaus always entered the ring with a cap on his head. If he was fighting outdoors he dressed for warmth, wearing, besides the cap, a long, loose topcoat. In keeping with his no-frills approach, he was shocked to discover that Georges Carpentier, the dandified Frenchman who would one day fight for the heavyweight championship, used scent. The fact became evident to Klaus when he shook hands with Carpentier before their 1912 fight, scheduled for 20 rounds, in the French seaport town of Dieppe.

Returning to his corner, Klaus informed his manager, George Engle, that Carpentier was "all perfumed up. "Am I supposed to fight this guy or kiss him?" Klaus asked. "There was never much doubt as to which it would be. Carpentier, only 18 years old but already the best boxer in France, took a thorough drubbing for the 18-plus rounds he was able to last.

[bodhi]

The new champion was from East Pittsburgh. Klaus had no affectations as a person, and he fought with the same lack of subtlety. Old-time manager Bunny Buntag described him as "a stocky guy who could walk right into you and keep going to the body all the time."

Klaus always entered the ring with a cap on his head. If he was fighting outdoors he dressed for warmth, wearing, besides the cap, a long, loose topcoat. In keeping with his no-frills approach, he was shocked to discover that Georges Carpentier, the dandified Frenchman who would one day fight for the heavyweight championship, used scent. The fact became evident to Klaus when he shook hands with Carpentier before their 1912 fight, scheduled for 20 rounds, in the French seaport town of Dieppe.

Returning to his corner, Klaus informed his manager, George Engle, that Carpentier was "all perfumed up. "Am I supposed to fight this guy or kiss him?" Klaus asked. "There was never much doubt as to which it would be. Carpentier, only 18 years old but already the best boxer in France, took a thorough drubbing for the 18-plus rounds he was able to last.

:rofl nice story. I already made a thread about Klaus in the past but there weren't many contributing to it. Where do you get more information on Klaus? Haven't seen a book, documentation or something like that on him.