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Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
Tunney Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
Author: Jack Cavanaugh
Among the legendary athletes of the 1920s, the unquestioned halcyon days of sports, stands Gene Tunney, the boxer who upset Jack Dempsey in spectacular fashion, notched a 77—1 record as a prizefighter, and later avenged his sole setback (to a fearless and highly unorthodox fighter named Harry Greb). Yet within a few years of retiring from ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781400060092
ISBN-10: 1400060095
Publication Date: 11/14/2006
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Random House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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great book about boxing in the early 1900's. focus is around Tunney, but includes tons of history of the other players in the era... awesome book.


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