Why it matters
Jack Dempsey flies out of the ring after a punch from Luis Firpo, though Dempsey went on to win. It became Bellows' most famous boxing painting.
Did you know?
- It depicts the fight of 14 September 1923.
- Bellows included himself as the balding man at the far left.
- A reproduction appears in Rocky's apartment in the 1976 film.
Based on the Wikipedia article Dempsey and Firpo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
