Gene Tunney tribute

A highlight of one of the true pioneers of boxing, Gene Tunney.

Re-upload.

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• dempsey
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• muhammad
• ali

[LorcanFilms]

I think Tunney along with Joe Louis were probably the greatest technical heavyweights of all time. Louis was the great offensive technician while Tunney the other, defensive side of the the sweet science. However, I think a prime Dempsey would have KO's both of them.

Thank you for a great video, esp the Corbett footage!

[1899sharkey]

@CLEVELEFS - I know what color you are and rest assured that after you touch them they are YOUR women.

[Brownpride480]

We all knew that in the Old School boxing, they mostly relied on brawling which is not always true. Just look at Gene Tunney who's probably one of the most intelligent and technical boxers that I've ever seen before Muhammad Ali, Pernell Whitaker and Floyd Mayweather Jr

[TheMonkeyman725]

@crowley0312 That's not an insult, that's a critique. I have enormous respect for all of these men had I called them stupid or ugly, that would be an insult, but a rational commentary on their shortcomings is not an insult. All of those heavyweights were world-class. I firmly stand by my argument that pound-for-pound the heavyweights' best fighters are not as good as other division's.

[crowley0312]

@TheMonkeyman725 Although, reading this guys comments from the beginning was hilarious. I don't think he saw the irony that he say's white's judges black's by their skin, but he mentioned color in his first post before anyone else did. lol

[crowley0312]

@TheMonkeyman725 After reading Clevelefs' comments, I agree he is a complete dumbass, but you are way to critical to the fighters you mention. Step in the ring and see how hard it is to knock someone out, than insult these guys. No one's perfect. Even Robinson constantly stepped on the wrong foot.

[TheMonkeyman725]

@CLEVELEFS The heavyweight division usually doesn't produce fighter's of the caliber of the middle, welter, feather or light-heavy divisions so most great heavys' opposition is abysmal. And every great heavy I listed had glaring flaws. Ali had bad technique, Louis, Johnson, W. Klitschko and Lennox Lewis are easily KO'd if you can hit them, Marciano and Dempsey are crude, Gene Tunney lacks a killer instinct, Larry Holmes and V. Klitschko are too willing to slug it out when they don't have to.

[TheMonkeyman725]

@CLEVELEFS Even Ali in his prime in the 60's opposition was terrible, old Liston, old Patterson, recently-shot Cleveland Williams, so-so Henry Cooper, damage sponge Chuvalo and Ernie "who the fuck is Ernie Terell" Terell. Only in the 70's did Ali fight great opponents in the heavyweight division in their prime. Even Johnson has blemishes on his record, like a loss to the old Joe Choynski, a draw with the old Philadelphia Jack O'Brien who were both great but old fighters.

[TheMonkeyman725]

@CLEVELEFS Marciano fought old men and overblown light-heavies, old men and half-way decent fighters, Patterson lost to the only great heavyweights he ever faced, Tunney only had a handful of heavyweight fights, beat an old Dempsey and his offer to fight Harry Wills was rejected. Larry Holmes opposition is distinguished by being completely terrible except for Norton and overblown light-heavy Spinks. Tyson lost every fight against a great fighter in his prime he ever fought.

[TheMonkeyman725]

@CLEVELEFS Anyway, what I'm getting at is the Klitschko's opposition is awful yes, but then again so are a lot of the great heavyweights'. Jack Dempsey fought Jess Willard who was old and crude, the crude slugger Firpo, and overblown light-heavies, Joe Louis was knocked out by a 38 year-old man, almost defeated by a light-heavyweight and living joke Tony Galento the rest of his opposition were has-beens or never weres.