On This Day In Boxing History!

1978: "The Fighting Marine" 

Gene Tunney Passes!   

***Tunney down in the seventh for the infamous long count in round seven almost systematically most historians skip the fact that Tunney dropped Dempsey in round eight.

Gene Tunney    

Born: May 25th, 1897

Birth Name: James Joseph Tunney

Birth Place: Greenwich Village, New York

Residence: Greenwich, Connecticut

Pro-Debut: July 3rd, 1915

Division: Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight

Alias: The Fighting Marine

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 0″  

Reach: 76″  

Bouts: 68

Rounds: 426

Ko’s: 71%

Record: 65-1-1, 48Ko’s

Died: Age 81, November 7th, 1978

Tunney Participated in Ring Magazine Fight of the Year

1922 –Harry Greb W15 Gene Tunney (Tunney's only defeat)

1924 –Gene Tunney KO 15 Georges Carpentier

1925 –Harry Greb W 15 Mickey Walker

1926 –Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey I

1927 –Gene Tunney W 10 Jack Dempsey II

November 7th

1927: Tony Canzoneri KO2 Billy Henry

1951: Dan Duva was born in Patterson, New Jersey

1952: Sammy Serrano was born in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

1966: Masao Ohba age 17 debuts KO1 Kazuyoshi Watanabe

1967: Sammy Mandell passes age 63

1970: Carlos Monzon KO12 Nino Benvenuti

1971: Alfredo Marcano KO4 Konji Iwata

1972: Hasim Rahman born in Baltimore, Maryland

Jongkwon Baek was born Jinju-si, South Korea

1978: Gene Tunney, passes age 81

1981: Michael Spinks KO7 Vonzell Johnson

Tadashi Mihara W15 Rocky Fratto

1988: Sugar Ray Leonard KO9 Don Lalonde

Roger Mayweather W12 Vinny Pazienza

Gilberto Roman W12 Baby Sugar Rojas

1989: Nana Konadu W12 Gilberto Roman

1992: Azumah Nelson W12 Calvin Grove

Gerald McClellan TKO1 Steve Harvey

1994: Gervonta Davis is born in Baltimore, Maryland

2003: Glencoffe Johnson D12 Clinton Woods

2004: Marco Huck age 20 TKO1 Pavel Cirok

2006: Katsunari Takayama WTD9 Carlos Melo

2008: Jelena Mrdjenovich W10 Lyndsey Scragg

Juan Palacios TKO7 Teruo Misawa

Wang Ya Nan WMD10 Akondaye Fountain

2009: David Haye WMD12 Nikolay Valuev       

Chad Dawson W12 Glen Johnson

Alfredo Angulo KO3 Harry Joe Yorgey

2011: Joe Frazier Passes age 67

Pai Pharob W12 Jesus Silvestre  

2012: Carmen Basilio passes age 85

2013: Tori Nelson W10 Kali Reis

2014: Shelly Vincent WMD10 Jackie Trivilino

2015: Timothy Bradley Jr. TKO9 Brandon Rios

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Debora Anahi Dionicius W10 Aline Scaranello

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2019: Naoya Inoue W12 Nonito Donaire

2020: Luis "King Kong" Ortiz KO1 Alexander Flores

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