Gene Tunney
Gene Tunney  
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| Birth Name | James Joseph Tunney |
| Weight class | Heavyweight |
| nationality | US-american |
| birthday | May 25, 1897 |
| place of birth | New York City |
| Date of death | November 7, 1978 |
| Place of death | Greenwich |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.83 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 87 |
| Victories | 83 |
| Knockout victories | 49 |
| Defeats | 1 |
| draw | 2 |
| No value | 1 |
Gene Tunney (born James Joseph Tunney; born May 25, 1897 in Greenwich Village , New York City , USA ; † November 7, 1978 in Greenwich , Connecticut , USA) was an American boxer and undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion from 1926 to 1928 Tunney is said to be the first true “technician” in the boxing ring.
Professional career
Tunney began professional boxing in 1915. He suffered his only defeat in 1922 in the light heavyweight division on points against the middleweight Harry Greb , who broke his nose in the first round. He later defeated Greb several times.
Heavyweight he proposed in 1924 Georges Carpentier KO and was the only one who Tommy Gibbons could defeat prematurely.
When he won the World Cup by points on September 23, 1926 over heavyweight legend Jack Dempsey , numerous spectators in the Philadelphia stadium were disappointed that it was not, as usual, a violent exchange of blows, but rather a tactical fight from a distance. The fight lasted ten rounds.
The rematch, also a ten round, took place on September 22, 1927 at Soldiers Field in Chicago . Tunney punched Jack Dempsey again, but the latter sent Tunney down with a combination in the seventh round. But Dempsey forgot to go to the neutral corner after the rainfall, which is why the counting was significantly delayed. Tunney was able to continue the fight, knock Dempsey down in the eighth round and win on points, but the myth of the "long count" (literally: long counting) arose because Tunney was almost 15 seconds on the ground and therefore many saw Dempsey as the winner.
Gene Tunney resigned in 1928. This made him the second heavyweight world champion to resign undefeated as the reigning title holder. The first was James J. Jeffries (1875-1953). After his seventh successful title defense, he resigned on May 13, 1905. The third man to do this was Rocky Marciano in 1956.
In 1990 Tunney was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .
Others
He married Polly Lauder, heir to steel magnate Andrew Carnegie . They had four children. His son John Varick was a Senator for California from 1970 to 1976 .
Tunney was close friends with the Austrian chamber singer Otto Edelmann .
literature
- Gene Tunney: How I became world champion . Berlin, Oestergaard 1927. 231 pages
- John Jarret: Gene Tunney . Robson Books, July 2003, ISBN 1-86105-618-4
- Jack Cavanaugh: Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
Web links
- Gene Tunney in the BoxRec database
- Literature by and about Gene Tunney in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage about Gene Tunney
- Gene Tunney . List of all fights in "Cyber Boxing Zone" (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ VocidellaLirica: Otto Edelmann - Da Capo - Interview with August Everding, 1997. October 11, 2012, accessed on February 9, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Tunney, Gene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tunney, James Joseph (full name); The Fighting Marine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer and world heavyweight champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenwich Village , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1978 |
| Place of death | Greenwich , Connecticut , USA |