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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Tunney (1912–1983), Canadian wrestling executive Gene Tunney (1897–1978), American professional boxer; world heavyweight champion 1926–28 Jack Tunney...
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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Dempsey's line to his wife from the night on which he was beaten by Gene Tunney. While intubated, he scribbled to a nurse, "All in all, I'd rather be...
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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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    Jack Dempsey". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Gene Tunney". Retrieved March 14, 2020. "Professional boxing record: Max Schmeling"...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    shot concurrently with Pathé's film serial The Fighting Marine with Gene Tunney and Fox's What Price Glory? leading MGM and Fox to bicker over which...
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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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  • Tunney (Canadian politician) (1927–2010), former Canadian senator Jim Tunney (American football) (born 1929), American football official Gene Tunney (James...
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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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  • Félix Trinidad Adam Trupish Choi Tseveenpurev Kostya Tszyu David Tua Gene Tunney Buddy Turman Najai Turpin Randy Turpin Regilio Tuur Mike Tyson Yasutsune...
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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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    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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