Title: The Fighting Marine" Gene Tunney" Description: The September 22, 1927 boxing match between Heavyweight Champion of the World " The Fighting Marine" Gene Tunney (James Joseph Tunney; 1897-1978) (Right) and former Heavyweight Champion of the World "The Manassa Mauler" Jack Dempsey (William Harrison Dempsey; 1895-1983) (Left). Although Dempsey would knock down Tunney in the seventh round, Tunney would eventually win the contest by decision after ten rounds; Keywords: prizefighters, pugilists, boxing, American Heavyweight Boxers, American Boxers, Ring Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees, International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees, Heavyweight Champions of the World, World Heavyweight Champions, World Boxing Champions, boxing matches, boxers, boxing, fighters, fighting, prizefighting, pugilism, ring, Native American Boxers, Irish Boxers, Irish-American Boxers. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2250 x 1779 (4.00 MPixels) (1.26) Print Size: 19.0 x 15.1 cm; 7.5 x 5.9 inches File Size: 11.47 MB (12,022,708 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000300819 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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