Gene Tunney

Other facts, such as Gene Tunney's possible mob connections, Muhammad Ali's lack of training before the third fight with Joe Frazier, and Thomas Hearns 'poor diet before a Sugar Ray Leonard fight all come to light here.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

Of course, any anthology of this kind does require stories about top fighters and top fights: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Archie Moore, Rock Marciano, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and so on.

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011

Today in Sports: The famous "long count" as Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey to successfully defend his heavyweight title.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

Today in Sports: The famous "long count" as Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey to successfully defend his heavyweight title.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2011

In 1928, then-heavyweight champion Gene Tunney lectured on Shakespeare at Yale to an audience of about 500.

Heard on the Field 2011

Of course, any anthology of this kind does require stories about top fighters and top fights: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Joe Louis, Archie Moore, Rock Marciano, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and so on.

Jan Herman: Writers on Fighters Jan Herman 2011

Gene Tunney, no stranger to transient fame, urged the young flier to "commercialize his stunt for every cent that's in it, for in a year from now he will be forgotten."

'The Flight of the Century' 2010

Jack Dempsey loses to Gene Tunney after Tunney is given more than 10 seconds to recover from a knockdown.

Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories 2009

Guess I'm old-fashioned, but I'd like to go back about a hundred years to the days of Lindbergh and Gene Tunney and Owen D.

"Too Many Boards" by Harl Vincent, part 1 Johnny Pez 2009

Guess I'm old-fashioned, but I'd like to go back about a hundred years to the days of Lindbergh and Gene Tunney and Owen D.

Archive 2009-06-01 Johnny Pez 2009