Boxing in The 1920s - 1920

1920

• September 6- Irish-American Jack Dempsey retains his world Heavyweight title with a third round knockout over personal friend Billy Miske, at Benton Harbor. Lundell later learned his friend was dying of Bright's disease, and only accepted the fight to garner money for his children.
• October 11- Georges Carpentier becomes world Light-Heavyweight champion, defeating Battling Levinsky by a knockout in four rounds, at Jersey City.
• November 26- Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight championship, with a fourteen round knockout over Joe Welling, in New York.
• December 21- Joe Lynch wins the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen round decision win over Pete Herman, at New York.