Dempsey and Firpo

It depicts the September 14, 1923, boxing match between American Jack Dempsey and Argentine Luis Firpo.

Bellows gave himself a cameo as the balding man at the extreme left of the picture.

[5] The painting can be seen in the 1990 film Goodfellas, where it is visible behind Jimmy Conway on the wall of Neirs Tavern during Tommy DeVito's recount of a mob hit, the scene before Maury is "whacked".

[8][9] This version can be seen as a decoration in the setting of the TV series The Big Bang Theory.

[10] The New Yorker cover for the February 7, 2022, issue recasts the fighters as hockey players.