23 days ago
Jack Dempsey v Gene Tunney at 100: when a great champion met his greatest inquisitor
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 23 Sept 2026, 09:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Jack Dempsey v Gene Tunney at 100: when a great champion met his greatest inquisitor”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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On 23 September 1926, two of the best heavyweights in American history met in front of 120,000 fans in Philadelphia. The fight drew in a nation The two fights between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney rank with boxing’s most-storied championship bouts and are among the greatest sports spectacles ever seen…
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Jack Dempsey v Gene Tunney at 100: when a great champion met his greatest inquisitor
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