🥊 #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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#OTD #TDIH #May25, 1897 #HBD #GeneTunney! #ProfessionalBoxers #PrizeFighters #Boxers #Heavyweights #Soldiers #USMarines #USMC #TheLongCountFight #LongCount #BattleOfTheLongCount #Sports #Athletes #SportsSky
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It would be the great Harry Greb that dethroned Gene Tunney! Find out how, here! #boxing #boxinghistory #harrygreb #genetunney
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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
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