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	Gene Tunney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Joseph "Gene" Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 in what became known as The Long Count Fight and retired undefeated after winning against Tom Heeney in 1928.
		On his passing in 1978, Gene Tunney was interred in the Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut.
		Gene Tunney was the father of John V. Tunney, who was a Senator and Representative from California from 1965 until 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gene_Tunney (255 words)

	John V. Tunney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tunney joined the United States Air Force as a judge advocate and served until discharged as a captain in April, 1963.
		Tunney was elected as a Democrat to be the California Representative of Riverside and Imperial Counties to the Eighty-ninth U.S. Congress and served from January 3, 1965 until his resignation on January 2, 1971.
		Tunney was also the inspiration for Robert Redford's character in the film The Candidate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_V._Tunney (280 words)

	IBHOF / Gene Tunney
		Gene Tunney-bright, good-looking, and an acknowledged pillar of the 1920s' "Golden Age of Sports"-was never as popular among boxing fans as the man he defeated to become heavyweight champion of the world.
		Tunney outfought Jack Dempsey in 1926, and he retained the title in the famous "long count" rematch a year later.
		Tunney then out-boxed the Manassa Mauler for the remaining nine rounds of the fight to win the decision and the championship.
	www.ibhof.com /tunney.htm (800 words)

	MSN Encarta - Gene Tunney
		In 1926 Tunney won the world heavyweight title by defeating the American boxer Jack Dempsey.
		Tunney again defeated Dempsey in a controversial fight in 1927, during which Dempsey's delay in moving to a neutral corner after knocking down Tunney resulted in the famous “long count” that allowed Tunney time to recover.
		In 1928 Tunney retired, having gone undefeated in his heavyweight career.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570738/Tunney_Gene.html (176 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gene Tunney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tunney, Gene (1897-1978), American boxer, champion in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight categories.
		This article announces Gene Tunney's victory in the 1926 world heavyweight boxing championship.
		Gene : mutations and disorders: sickle-cell mutation (map of geographic distribution)
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Gene_Tunney.html (92 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: 1927: Tunney vs. Dempsey
		Tunney winced and the grimace was still on his face, when with that quickness of attack that he has always been able to summon, Dempsey raised his right hand a few short inches, delivered the fist to the side of Tunney's jaw, and Tunney dropped.
		It was very much the same Jack Dempsey who bowed to Gene Tunney a year ago in that Philadelphia rainstorm, and very much the same Jack Dempsey who felled Sharkey in the seventh round at Yankee Stadium two months ago, in the ring with Gene Tunney tonight.
		Tunney tonight fought the fight that won the title and is destined to retain for him the title until a far more worthy challenger than Jack Dempsey arises to a position on the pugilistic horizon.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/general/povich/launch/tunney.htm (859 words)

	Billy Miske - prepared by Tracy Callis and Eric Jorgensen
		Gene Tunney was the type of man that comes along once in a hundred years – the looks of a movie star, the intellect of a college professor, a student of Shakespeare, and Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World.
		Gene fought at a fast, steady pace throughout an entire bout and did not seem to tire as the fight progressed.
		In the opinion of this writer, Tunney was the #1 All-Time Light Heavyweight and the #6 All-Time Heavyweight.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Lodge/6525/Article-GeneTunney.htm (1030 words)

	GENE TUNNEY - WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION (1926-28)
		The highlights of Gene Tunney's boxing career were his two fights against Jack Dempsey.
		Tunney, known as "The Fighting Marine", out-boxed "The Manassa Mauler" throughout most of the ten rounds, and left the ring as champion.
		The incident in this fight became known in boxing history as "The Long Count." Tunney admitted that he was shaken during the knockdown, yet insisted that he could have beaten a regular count of ten.
	www.kiltimagh.net /tunney.html (486 words)

	:: - Legends Features - Fighter Bios
		Tunney was a clever, scientific fighter, who outboxed his foes without the asset of fast hands or heavy knockout blows.
		Tunneyâs nose was broken in the first round and his eyes were marked so severely that he could barely see.
		Tunney angled for a world title shot with good wins over Georges Carpentier (w ko 15 in July 1924) and Tommy Gibbons (w ko 12 in June 1925) before leaving the light-heavyweights for a crack at world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey.
	www.secondsout.com /Legends/bios.cfm?ccs=235&cs=8621 (687 words)

	Could Tunney Beat Dempsey at his (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tunney was a smart fighter who knew Dempsey weakness and had the ability to go from Plan A to Plan B, if need be.
		Tunney was a machine when it came to fighting and his smarts aided him in the ring.
		Tunney would have the advantage of hand speed and flexibility over the 1923 Dempsey such as he did with the ’26 or ’27 Dempsey.
	www.insideboxing.com /Featured_pieces/could_tunney_beat_dempsey_at_his.htm (1251 words)

	harry greb gene tunney photo page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Greb weighed 162 1/2 and Tunney weighed in at 174 1/2.
		Tunney rushed Greb to the ropes and landed a left to the stomach.
		Tunney's punches that did land, were hard and shook Greb, but failed to stop him in his wildcat rushes.
	www.harrygreb.com /harrygrebtunneyphotopage.html (6080 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Dempsey, Tunney: rivals for the ages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While Dempsey was a rough-and-tumble guy who rode the rails seeking bouts in whatever barroom staged them, Tunney was a man with a quest: to gain the championship, to retire as an undefeated champ, to become a well-educated millionaire, and to marry a beautiful, fine society lady.
		Tunney, an Irish-American, was born in downtown Manhattan near Cherry Street, and after a scrappy childhood, enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War I. Boxing was part of Marine training then, so young Gene took part.
		Gene was defending his newly gained title and Greb came to take it, and take it he did.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/col/v-pfriendly/story/276128p-236515c.html (743 words)

	People in History, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Ireland
		Gene's father left Kiltimagh for the US at the age of nineteen, and some years later his mother left Kiltimagh, also bound for the land of opportunity, where she met and married John Tunney.
		Gene was one of boxing`s all-time great success stories, who became a millionaire in the ring, a friend of the famous and made millions more in business.
		Gene Tunney`s only defeat in 76 professional fights was in the early 1920`s by Harry Grebb, who had the dubious distinction of being the dirtiest fighter in history.
	www.ird-kiltimagh.ie /arts/people.htm (998 words)

	Ringsidereport.com
		Only three rounds before the final bell, Gene Tunney was lying flat on his back for what seems like an eternity - which in boxing means anything more than 10 seconds (or in this case 14 seconds) - but is not counted out and is allowed to continue.
		It becomes known forever after as "The Long Count." After flattening Tunney, Dempsey unknowingly hovers over his opponent (the "neutral corner" rule was just adopted at this time) while referee Dave Barry immediately explains to Dempsey that he must retreat to a neutral corner.
		He returns to Tunney on the mat and instead of picking up the time keeper's count, he begins his own count at one.
	ringsidereport.com /oleary8312004.htm (1169 words)

	A Grip Training Lesson From an Old-Time Boxing Champ Functional Hand and Grip Strength Training John Wood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Following the example of the bare-knucklers, Tunney soaked his hands in brine until the skin over his knuckles was as strong as leather.
		If Gene Tunney were alive today, I bet he would be using the Captains of Crush Hand Grippers to strengthen his fingers as well as The Formulator to strengthen his wrists for punching power.
		Tunney knew that most of Jack Dempsey's fights ended by knockout in the early rounds so he did mile after mile of roadwork, preparing to wear the Champion down in the later rounds.
	functionalhandstrength.com /old_time_boxing_champ.html (1202 words)

	SI.com - SI 50th - Colorado - SI Flashback: The Long Count -
		Tunney flailed weakly with a right, exposing his head, and for the first time in almost 17 rounds of fighting -- in what had been for Dempsey, who had more one-round knockouts than any other heavyweight in history, the maddening pursuit of a ghost -- Dempsey finally had the target before him, stunned and stationary.
		Tunney is down from a barrage of lefts and rights to the face!" Nine people died of heart attacks listening to that broadcast, three of them during McNamee's blow-by-blow of the seventh round.
		Tunney, sitting in a slouch with his left hand clutching the middle rope, is looking at the canvas and trying to sit up.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /magazine/features/si50/states/colorado/flashback (5139 words)

	BBC SPORT \| BOXING \| Tunney's 'long count'
		On Dempsey "the cobra" and Tunney "the surgeon"
		Tunney resumed where he had left off, boxing with guile and suppressing his angry challenger with relative ease.
		For the first time in their two contests, Tunney was on the back foot and soon he was on the canvas, dropping hard after a four-punch flurry to his head.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/1311466.stm (672 words)

	gene -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Genes achieve their effects by directing the synthesis of proteins.
		Genes are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), except in some viruses, which have genes consisting of a closely related compound called ribonucleic acid (RNA).
		Educational resource on the expression of different genes in the developing tooth for comparative study of various patterns of genes, and detection of their coexpression.Features notes on the factors, type of teeth, and experiment results.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9036352?tocId=9036352 (647 words)

	The Time Tunnel: 75th Anniversary of "The Long Count"
		For the first five rounds Tunney controlled the fight with his sharp jabs and quick footwork, but the sixth was Dempsey’s as he stalked his nemesis like the Mauler of old.
		Gene staggers back against the ropes and Dempsey pummels him with a combination of four or five punches, all on target.
		Tunney is down, the referee is beginning his count, and Dempsey hovers at his shoulder.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news/DempseyvsTunney.php (3695 words)

	Famous Sporting Sons of Kiltimagh, Kiltimagh Museum, County Mayo, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gene's boxing career began in New York's West Side but took off while serving in the US Marine Corps during the first World War.
		Tunney raised the status of boxing and afterwards became a successful business executive and freelance writer.
		Tunney is survived by his wife Polly and four sons.
	www.museumsofmayo.com /Kiltimagh3.htm (473 words)

	Tunney, Gene on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1926, Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in a 10-round decision in Philadelphia and became the world heavyweight champion.
		In Chicago a year later, Tunney repeated this performance in a return bout with Dempsey; the decision was the subject of much controversy because of the famous “long count” after Tunney was knocked down in the seventh round.
		Tunney—well proportioned, handsome, and intellectually inclined—retired from the ring as heavyweight champion in 1928.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tunneyg1en.asp (401 words)

	"The Fighting Marine" Pays a Visit
		Tunney is wearing his uniform from when he served as a Marine to remind me of the honorable man that he was, and to solidify our common bond.
		While this is a constant point of contention in boxing history and I am highly curious to hear his actual point of view, I decide it better not to press the issue.
		Gene Tunney draws that much closer to me now, his steely blue eyes piercing through my soul and sending icy blankets over my bones.
	ringsidereport.com /petock10112004.htm (670 words)

	Heavyweight Boxing Championship History (2/5)
		Gene Tunney was born in 1898 in New York City.
		At the end of the ten round fight, Tunney was fresh and unmarked, while Dempsey was exhausted with his face cut to ribbons.
		In the 7th Jack caught Gene with a left hook to the head, followed up with a flurry of punches and dumped the champion on the seat of his pants holding the middle strand of rope.
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	GENE TYNER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gene was born in Ramona, Oklahoma, the youngest of six children born to James Weaver Tyner and Roberta Rinehart Tyner.
		Gene served as a pilot in the United States Air Force until his retirement as a Lt. Colonel in 1970.
		For the last 30 years of his life Gene was politically active in the Democratic Party.
	www.infca.org /people/gtyner.htm (167 words)

	Georges Carpentier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Carpentiers attempt at the Heavyweight Championship of the World came on July 2, 1921, again in Jersey City, when he faced Jack Dempsey in front of boxing's first million dollar gate, Carpentier was badly beaten around before being knock-out in the second minute of the fourth round.
		Carpentier never fought again for that belt, he regained his Light Heavyweight and European titles the following year but lost his world titles in 1924 to Gene Tunney at the Polo Grounds in New York over fifteen rounds, losing to a TKO.
		Carpentier died in 1975 and was buried in the Cimetiere de Vaires-sur Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Georges_Carpentier (520 words)

	Boxing: Hot * Hot * Hot * Boxing on the Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gene Tunney, 28, 184 lbs., finally got his opportunity to fight Jack Dempsey, 31, 193 lbs.
		Tunney and Dempsey had a rematch where 50 seconds in the seventh round, Dempsey threw a series of combinations that landed Tunney on the canvas.
		Tunney stopped Heeney in the 11th round, in front of 45, 000 boxing fans......Tunney retired after this fight...
	www.hotboxingnews.com /1929-1920.htm (714 words)

	John Tunney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John Varick Tunney, the son of famous boxer Gene Tunney, was born in New York City on June 26, 1934.
		John was elected as a Democrat to be the California Representative of Riverside and Imperial Counties to the Eighty-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1965 until his resignation on January 2, 1971.
		John V. Tunney - Chairman of the Board, Cloverleaf Group, and President of JVT Consultants, Inc., and President of the Museum Board of Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center at UCLA.
	www.tunney.org (338 words)

	Jack Dempsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He lost again in his second fight with Gene Tunney because of a long count.
		He knocked Tunney down in the seventh round but because he did not go to a neutral corner immediately the referee delayed the count.
		Tunney got up at the count of nine and went on to win the bout on a decision.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/faqs/jackdempsey.html (323 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Jack Dempsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nicknamed the Manassa Mauler for his hometown in Colorado and his aggressive fighting style, Dempsey became heavyweight champion in 1919 and held the title until Gene Tunney defeated him in 1926.
		It was the battle that went down in history as "The Long Count," after Dempsey put Tunney down on the canvas for more than the 10 seconds required for a knockout.
		His last championship bout, the famous "Long Count" fight against Gene Tunney, was witnessed by an estimated 125,000 and followed by millions of others....
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