Gene Tunney

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Gene Tunney - United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)

James Joseph Tunney, Tunney

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Hannagan's personality was just as strong as those he considered personal friends: Ernest Hemingway, Gloria Swanson, Gene Tunney, Toots Shor and Eddie Rickenbacker.

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Chicago radio veteran John "Shaky" Siuntres, host and producer of the wildly successful pop culture podcast Word Balloon, has launched "The Big Bout Podcast" -- a new podcast series on boxing -- with an audio documentary on the rivalry between heavyweight champions Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.

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John was born on June 26, 1934, in New York City, to parents Polly Lauder Tunney, a socialite, and Gene Tunney, a 1920s heavyweight champion.

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"As a cub reporter Dylan Thomas covered the fights at the famed Mannesmann Hall and wrote of his own efforts, when he collected a black eye and likened himself to Gene Tunney.

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The Wild Bull returned to Buenos Aires with his $156,250 purse, while Dempsey, half a million dollars richer, rested and rusted for three years before losing his title to Gene Tunney.

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Loughran battled the best, including Harry Grebb and Gene Tunney. He took the title with a win over Mike McTigue in 1927 and defended against Young Stribling, Pete Latzo, Mickey Walker and Jim Braddock.

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1926: The largest crowd ever for a boxing match - 120,757 - gathered to watch Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey's heavyweight clash at the Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia.

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In 1927, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count'' fight in Chicago.