RJJ- Gene Tunney

Loughran's "hometown paper" also had him losing another fight, where another non-local source thought he deserved the nod. At least local sources actually give details of what happened in the ring, instead of that non-local **** consisting of 1 or 2 statements.

 

Tunney by decision. What it would come down to would be toughness, and orthodox over unorthodox, but most of all discipline and the Technician over the Gifted Phenom.

 

Oh! Well! I'm convinced.

Oh yes, the local paper does go into some detail about their boy that night:

"Just before 8 o'clock, a big delegation of Tommy Loughran's well wishers marched into the park, headed by the St. Monica's band. There is no doubting that the youthful Philadelphian, handsome enough to be a film star at Hollywood, is one of the most picturesque figures in Philadelphia ring history."

I haven't seen a tongue bath this thorough since I saw a mother tiger tend to her newborn cubs at the zoo.

 

Jones, based on footage of the two.

 

Give me at least one other report that described the fight, rather than just claim the result. Can be non-local, if you don't have anything else. I'm pretty sure you have none though, but you know better from one or two statements about the result who outboxed whom.

 

Agree with the above. Tunney.

 

As soon as you provide one other report of the fight agreeing with his hometown paper about how wonderfully handsome Mr. Loughran was.

 

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin had Loughran winning the fight too, same as Philadelphia Inquirer which I posted above.

 

I'd favour Tunney 90/10.

Jones has a chance if he fights Tunney the same way he fought Hopkins, overwhelming him with his handspeed and footspeed to score just enough to scrape each round.

But Tunney has faster hands than Hopkins, a more powerful punch (and we know Jones is susceptible to a big punch!) and is the better pure boxer.

But Tunney is the more intelligent fighter, has the heart of a warrior (Noone, including Gene, can believe he survived the beating Greb gave him in their first fight, that was described as a bloodbath) and I think would handle Roy, dropping 2 or 3 rounds marginally, before stopping him late on.

Tunney's 1-2 combination has to be one of the best in history - Timed with brilliance, and with the right hand crashing behind the quick jab almost simultaneously. If he catches Jones clean, he'll hit the canvas like a sack of a potatoes for a long, long count.