Gene Tunney series

Some Good articles here.

This one has some very early points losses to a figther named Green. Though these may be better described as amateur fights, i am not sure.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=01|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc



http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=01|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc


http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=01|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=01|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

 

this is a good won. It talks about Tunney Weinert and the Tunney Loughran fight, which tunney seems to claim as a win, with a knock down early and i think he says it is the seventh that he has loughran in trouble as well.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...=97|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1927|||l-month=02

And here is a really good version of Tunneys version of the second greb fight. He certainly seems a lot surer than others on here that he won the last 4 of 5 fights with greb.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...=97|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1927|||l-month=02

 

this one is the first Greb fight that Tunney lost.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...=97|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1927|||l-month=02

 

Well make it counterbalanced by Grebs own words of kicking Genes ass all over the ring.

 

here is another Greb fight, as well as a fight with Ermino Spalla, who is one of the many forgotten fighters of the era.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...=97|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1927|||l-month=02

This one covers the Carpentier fight where tunney was weight drained.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=03|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

And this one covers the last Greb fight among others. Tunney indicates he could have stopped Greb in this one.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=03|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

 

I am not sure the Wills fans are going to like Tunneys description of the Wills situation here.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=03|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

and here is the training for Dempsey.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=03|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

And here is Genes account of the Tunney fight

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...2|||l-month=03|||l-year=1927|||sortby=dateAsc

 

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/art...=97|||l-decade=192|||l-year=1927|||l-month=04

And here is Gene tunneys last article where he talks about what he shall do as champion. All in all, i think his reign was an honorable one, even if it may have relied on perfect timing. Gene may have been quite a bit better than often given credit for.

 

I think he's now getting the credit he deserves

 

Do you have any links to Harrys own words?

 

No but he said he was "Warned he'd get jobbed"