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Jack Dempsey

2005-04-09T19:23:17Z

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[[file:Dempsey.Jack.jpg|left|Jack Dempsey]]

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'''Trainer''': [[Teddy Hayes]]<br>
'''Managers''': [[Norman Weaver]], [[Billy Madden]], [[Fred Winsor]], [[Jack Kearns]]

== Factoids ==

*Reportedly went by the nickname "Kid Blackie" in his early days
*Former World Heavyweight Champion: 1919-1927
*One of the most popular boxers of all time
*Newspapers of October 18, 1924, reported that Dempsey's first manager, Norman (Buck) Weaver, 42, was accidentally shot dead while duck-hunting 19 miles southwest of Pueblo, Colorado. He and a companion, Howard Walker, 22, were sitting in separate boats, when Walker laid down his shotgun to pick up the oars to row when it discharged, the shots hitting Weaver in the face. He died several hours later.
* On Dec. 8, 1938, the Boxing Writers Association awarded Dempsey the first-ever [[Edward J. Neil Trophy|Edward J. Neil Trophy]] for being the boxer who had meant the most during the current year. The award was designed to perpetuate the memory of the Associated Press sports-writer and war correspondent who had been killed the year before in Spain.
*Dempsey was also a popular boxing referee. Some of the bouts he officiated can be found [http://www.boxrec.com/official_search.php?official_id=228 here].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.genetunney.org/dempseyfights.html Many pictures of Dempsey in the ring]
*[http://www.genetunney.org/dempsey.html Many pictures of Dempsey out of the ring]
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/ Official Site]
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/dempsey2.htm Exhibition bouts]
*[http://www.ibhof.com/dempsey.htm International Boxing Hall of Fame]
*[http://www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/index.html CMG Worldwide]: Official Property Rights Management Site
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/box12-99.htm#tracy Tracy Callis CBZ Article]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=275 Find a Grave]

[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions|Dempsey, Jack]]
[[Category:Native American Boxers|Dempsey,Jack]]
[[Category:Boxers who served in World War II|Dempsey, Jack]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members|Dempsey, Jack]]
[[Category: World Boxing Hall of Fame Members|Dempsey, Jack]]
[[Category:Referees|Dempsey, Jack]]

Gene Tunney

2005-04-02T14:28:41Z

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[[file:Tunney.Gene.jpg|left|Gene Tunney]]

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'''Managers''': [[Billy Gibson]], [[Billy Jacobs]]

Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] for 1928.

== External links ==
* [http://www.genetunney.org/ Gene Tunney's extensive website with hundreds of webpages and pictures of Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Tom Heeney, and many other fighters as well as Gene Tunney.]

[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:Boxers who served in World War I|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:Boxers who served in World War II|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members|Tunney, Gene]]

Talk:Gene Tunney

2005-04-02T14:27:04Z

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Gene Tunney only had ONE loss in his entire career. People cannot suddenly change history because someone read a newspaper reporter's decision. If that newspaper reporter's decision was valid, than Tunney would not have been able to get away with declaring that he only had one loss on his record, and his 'one-loss' record would NOT have stood up to the critiques of boxing professionals throughout his life and afterwards.

Perhaps whoever read that newspaper article has no idea how corrupt some of the newspaper reporters were at that point in time. Tex Rickard, the famous boxing promoter who handled many million-dollar gates, paid more to the New York sportswriters than their own newspaper companies. That's just one example. There were many fighters like Mike McTigue who admitted that they lost a fight to Tommy Loughran, but because McTigue's manager reported the fight as a win to the telegraph operators at 8:30 pm, McTigue was considered the winner - even though the fight didn't even start until 10:00 pm.

There are many, many incidents like that throughout boxing history. Before anyone can make a MAJOR change to a fighter's boxing record, they better have more proof than simply some newspaper reporter's word. That Greb fight is listed as a 'no-decision,' and MOST of Greb's fights were 'no-decisions.'

I expect an honest person to change that dishonest representation of Gene Tunney's career boxing record.

Gene Tunney

2005-04-02T14:16:15Z

Fightfun:

[[file:Tunney.Gene.jpg|left|Gene Tunney]]

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'''Managers''': [[Billy Gibson]], [[Billy Jacobs]]

Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] for 1928.

[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:Boxers who served in World War I|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:Boxers who served in World War II|Tunney, Gene]]
[[Category:IBHOF Members|Tunney, Gene]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.genetunney.org/ Gene Tunney's extensive website with hundreds of webpages and pictures of Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb, Tommy Loughran, Tom Heeney, and many other fighters as well as Gene Tunney.]