Summary

A LUNGING LEFT HOOK STAGGERS TUNNEY AGAINST ROPES, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT TO JAW, SMASHING LEFT HOOK TO JAW, RIGHTS AND LEFTS UNTIL TUNNEY HITS THE CANVAS TUNNEY CLEARLY SHOWS HE IS STILL HURT AFTER REFEREE STARTS HIS LATE COUNT

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Reel Summary HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CONTEST BETWEEN GENE TUNNEY (HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD & JACK DEMPSEY (CONTENDER) AT SOLDIERS FIELD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS THIS FILM INCLUDES EACH ROUND OF THE ENTIRE FIGHT, WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH KNOCKDOWN RE-PLAYED IN SLOW MOTION FILM ALSO INCLUDES THE FAMOUS LONG COUNT, WHICH PROVED TO BE THE DECIDING FACTOR IN THE FIGHT FAVORING GENE TUNNEY 9/22/27
Description A LUNGING LEFT HOOK STAGGERS TUNNEY AGAINST ROPES, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT TO JAW, SMASHING LEFT HOOK TO JAW, RIGHTS AND LEFTS UNTIL TUNNEY HITS THE CANVAS TUNNEY CLEARLY SHOWS HE IS STILL HURT AFTER REFEREE STARTS HIS LATE COUNT
Genre BOXING/WRESTLING
Color b&w
Year 1927
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