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TUNNEY, GENE

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TUNNEY, GENE
(1898 - 1978) American boxer who defeated Jack Dempsey twice for the heavyweight championship. Good content T.L.S. "Gene" on his corporate letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Sep. 24, 1957, in part: "…I saw the [Sugar Ray] Robinson-[Carmen] Basilio fight last night. It was a corker…action all the way through…determination on the part of both men to win; and, in my humble opinion, Robinson was ahead at the final bell…though they did give the decision to Basilio…". Basilio won the Middleweight title that night in a hard-fought fight, and won the title back the following March. Very good.