met John Tunney, from Cill Aodain, Kiltimagh. They married after a short courtship. The Tunneys had seven children. At an early age, Gene Tunney was inspired...
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Voting Rights Act. He was the son of boxing champion Gene Tunney. A fellow Irish-American Catholic, Tunney was a roommate of Edward Kennedy at the University...
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10-round rematch between world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney and former champion Jack Dempsey, which Tunney won in a unanimous decision. It took place on...
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shorts and gear) stating that he's fighting Gene Tierney. This plays on the similarly named Gene Tunney, who held the world heavyweight boxing title...
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Carnegie, Tunney drew international fame during the 1920s for her secret romance and subsequent marriage to world heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney. She...
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Jack Dempsey (section Tunney rematch: "The Long Count")
Marine Gene Tunney in Philadelphia, a fighter who had only lost once in his career. In spite of his record and Dempsey's inactivity, Tunney was considered...
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Harry Greb (section Greb vs. Tunney)
bed with the light on). On May 23, 1922, Harry Greb was matched with Gene Tunney, the undefeated American light heavyweight champion (the world title...
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Tunney (1912–1983), Canadian wrestling executive Gene Tunney (1897–1978), American professional boxer; world heavyweight champion 1926–28 Jack Tunney...
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1901 – 15 November 1921) was a heavyweight boxing contender against Gene Tunney on 5 September 1921, shortly after arriving in the United States from...
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list covers. 1922 – Harry Greb W 15 Gene Tunney 1923 – Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Ángel Firpo 1924 – Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier 1925 – Harry...
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musician and member of Kiss James Gene Tunney (1897-1978), Irish-American boxer and world heavyweight boxing champion Gene Vincent, American rock and roll...
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Armies during World War I. He fought against future heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney, in 1918, but lost in 4 rounds. Requiem for a Heavyweight: The ‘Fighting...
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from New Zealand, best known for unsuccessfully challenging champion Gene Tunney for the heavyweight championship of the world in New York City on 26...
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preliminary bout before the main event featured Gene Tunney defeating Soldier Jones in seven rounds. Tunney would eventually beat both Dempsey and Carpentier...
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He won the title in 1919, keeping it until 1926. He lost the title to Gene Tunney in 1926, but many of his fights were historic, such as his defenses against...
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young contender in the division. With the World Heavyweight Champion Gene Tunney having recently retired, promoters arranged a matchup between the German...
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met Al Capone in 1927, on a trip to Chicago to attend the Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney Boxing match. Capone was holding a party that night at his headquarters...
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1924: Harry Greb (2) 1925: Paul Berlenbach 1926: Gene Tunney 1927: Mickey Walker 1928: Gene Tunney (2) 1929: Tommy Loughran 1930: Max Schmeling 1931:...
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Jack Dempsey". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Gene Tunney". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Max Schmeling"...
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Corps by his owner, heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney – himself a former Marine – after Tunney learned of the death of Marine mascot Jiggs in January...
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pounds (67 to 79 kg). Later notable performances included a defeat by Gene Tunney. Carpentier ended his career in 1926, but remained a leading figure in...
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Holmes, Joe Calzaghe, Wilfredo Gómez, Salvador Sánchez, Cecilia Brækhus, Gene Tunney, Ezzard Charles, Willie Pep, Meldrick Taylor, Ricardo "Finito" López...
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Maria (née Palermo) and Martin Joseph "Marty" Burke, a boxer who fought Gene Tunney and later owned a restaurant and nightclub known as Marty Burke's in...
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fight had not been seen since The Long Count Fight between champion Gene Tunney and challenger Jack Dempsey in 1927. The fight ranks as one of the shortest...
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1923. Years later Gene Tunney would say in Esquire, "the Dempsey-Firpo fight was the most controversial in boxing history." Tunney attributed the result...
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Tunney (Canadian politician) (1927–2010), former Canadian senator Jim Tunney (American football) (born 1929), American football official Gene Tunney (James...
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the only screen performance by the boxing heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney. Gene Tunney as Dick Farrington Marjorie Day as Lady Chatfield Walter Miller...
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Bowe defeated every opponent he faced as a professional. Alongside Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano, Sultan Ibragimov and Nikolai Valuev, Bowe is one of...
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infamous events was the September 23rd championship boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, which drew a crowd of 125,000 people standing in the...
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journalist and writer Polly Lauder Tunney (1907–2008), American philanthropist and socialite, wife of boxer Gene Tunney Mary Woffington (1729–1811), Irish...
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