#GeneTunney hashtag - Bluesky

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

6 months ago

🥊 #OTD in #Boxing #History 22 Sept 1927, #JackDempsey sought to avenge his defeat by #GeneTunney in their controversial championship rematch. #Dempsey famously knocked #Tunney down in Round 7, but failed to go to a neutral corner, a new rule. [1]

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J.C. Kælin

@jckaelin.bsky.social

10 months ago

Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney - The Long Count (1927) YouTube video by Hao1981

#OTD #TDIH #May25, 1897 #HBD #GeneTunney! #ProfessionalBoxers #PrizeFighters #Boxers #Heavyweights #Soldiers #USMarines #USMC #TheLongCountFight #LongCount #BattleOfTheLongCount #Sports #Athletes #SportsSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oee...

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Boxing History Every Night

@86boxing.bsky.social

11 months ago

Harry GREB Gave Gene Tunney His ONLY LOSS! YouTube video by 86Boxing

It would be the great Harry Greb that dethroned Gene Tunney! Find out how, here! #boxing #boxinghistory #harrygreb #genetunney

youtu.be/XL_uGtiuPNU?...

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Golden Age Boxing History

@boxingearlyhistory.bsky.social

1 year ago

Dempsey’s team was said to have approached the State Boxing Commission and requested it be used. It wasn’t a matter of refusal. It was simply an arguably costly matter of forgetting about a new rule in the heat of battle. 2/2

#boxinghistory #boxing #jackdempsey #genetunney #dempseytunney

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