Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney were among the most revered and popular heavyweight champions in the history of boxing. Rising to prominence during the 1920s, they became known as the most significant fighters of a rip-roaring, wide-open decade in American life. Twice they met in the ring in hugely anticipated and closely watched encounters. One bout included the so-called "Long Count," perhaps the most memorable round in boxing history. Both men's fame endured in retirement and even today, nearly a century after their contests, their rivalry is among the best-remembered and most talked-about in…mehr
Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney were among the most revered and popular heavyweight champions in the history of boxing. Rising to prominence during the 1920s, they became known as the most significant fighters of a rip-roaring, wide-open decade in American life. Twice they met in the ring in hugely anticipated and closely watched encounters. One bout included the so-called "Long Count," perhaps the most memorable round in boxing history. Both men's fame endured in retirement and even today, nearly a century after their contests, their rivalry is among the best-remembered and most talked-about in the history of the sport. This history of one of boxing's most compelling rivalries is illustrated with photographs from the era, capturing the spirit of America's most exhilarating decade.
Lew Freedman is a long-time, prize-winning journalist for such newspapers as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Seymour, Indiana's The Tribune and Wyoming's Cody Enterprise. Specializing in sports and the outdoors, he has written more than 100 books. He lives in Columbus, Indiana.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1 Jack Dempsey 2 Gene Tunney 3 Enter Doc Kearns 4 A Changing Country 5 Tunney Progresses Slowly but Surely 6 Boxing's Treatment of Blacks at Its Worst 7 The Champ 8 The NFL Comes into the Picture 9 Tunney's Learning Curve 10 Radio and All That Jazz 11 Life Gets Complicated Outside the Ring 12 The Babe Saves Baseball 13 Parlez Vous Knockout? 14 Where Can a Guy Get a Drink? Everywhere 15 Tunney Goes to School 16 Dempsey, Kearns and Shelby, Montana 17 Baseball, God and Moving Pictures 18 Meeting Harry Greb 19 Horses and Other Heroes 20 A Champ at His Leisure 21 The Craziest Fight of All Time 22 The Serum Run 23 This Guy Greb Won't Go Away 24 Tennis, Anyone? 25 Doing Everything but Fighting 26 Red Grange and Notre Dame Meet the Nation 27 Dempsey Finally Defends-Tunney Rising 28 Dempsey and Tunney Fight at Last 29 Let's Do It Again-Maybe 30 Charles Lindbergh 31 Dempsey-Tunney II Is On 32 The Long Count 33 That's All, Folks 34 Things Unravel 35 Dempsey and Tunney Together Forever Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction 1 Jack Dempsey 2 Gene Tunney 3 Enter Doc Kearns 4 A Changing Country 5 Tunney Progresses Slowly but Surely 6 Boxing's Treatment of Blacks at Its Worst 7 The Champ 8 The NFL Comes into the Picture 9 Tunney's Learning Curve 10 Radio and All That Jazz 11 Life Gets Complicated Outside the Ring 12 The Babe Saves Baseball 13 Parlez Vous Knockout? 14 Where Can a Guy Get a Drink? Everywhere 15 Tunney Goes to School 16 Dempsey, Kearns and Shelby, Montana 17 Baseball, God and Moving Pictures 18 Meeting Harry Greb 19 Horses and Other Heroes 20 A Champ at His Leisure 21 The Craziest Fight of All Time 22 The Serum Run 23 This Guy Greb Won't Go Away 24 Tennis, Anyone? 25 Doing Everything but Fighting 26 Red Grange and Notre Dame Meet the Nation 27 Dempsey Finally Defends-Tunney Rising 28 Dempsey and Tunney Fight at Last 29 Let's Do It Again-Maybe 30 Charles Lindbergh 31 Dempsey-Tunney II Is On 32 The Long Count 33 That's All, Folks 34 Things Unravel 35 Dempsey and Tunney Together Forever Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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