Georges Carpentier signed restaurant bill "Hotel De Paris" accompanied with vintage photo and professionally framed and matted.

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Carpentier was a very hard hitter for a man of his size; His punch was a "natural" gift and with it he was able to knockout much larger men; In addition to being a hard puncher, he was game and a taker of hard blows

He was a collector of boxing titles during his career - the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World, the White Heavyweight Championship of the World (during the teens), the Middleweight Championship of the World (as recognized by Europe), the Heavyweight Championship of Europe, the Heavyweight Championship of France, the Light Heavyweight Championship of Europe, the Middleweight Championship of Europe, the Welterweight Championship of Europe and the Welterweight Championship of France

He is most famous for his Heavyweight title bout with Jack Dempsey; Carpentier defeated such men as Ed "Gunboat" Smith, Battling Levinsky, "Bombardier" Billy Wells, Jeff Smith, Harry Lewis, Young Joseph, Willie Lewis, George Gunther, Ted "Kid" Lewis and George Cook, Nat Fleischer ranked Carpentier as the #7 All-Time Light Heavyweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #8 All-Time Light Heavweight; Georges was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1964 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991