Sentence examples for tunney from inspiring English sources

During the next three years Dempsey fought only exhibition matches, and at the age of 31 he found that he had aged too much to deal with the carefully trained Tunney in their first fight.

From 1915 to 1928 Tunney had 77 bouts, winning 65, of which 43 were by knockouts.

That year Tunney suffered his only professional defeat, against Harry Greb, but regained the title from Greb in 1923.

Keatings, the 2010 European pommel horse champion who competed with Smith as the only other male gymnast in the last Olympic Games, is not included while 15-year-old Rebecca Tunney becomes the youngest member of Team GB after being name in the women's team.

Tunney likes to introduce fans of a particular artist to one another.

Remembers when Jimmie Walker used to come in for licorice, and young Tunney came in for bottle of medicine.

Added to everything, we had a reprise of boxing's greatest controversy: the "long count" from the Dempsey-Tunney fight of 1927.

May 25, 1898 New York City, New York November 7, 1978 Greenwich, Connecticut Gene Tunney, byname of James Joseph Tunney, also called The Fighting Marine (born May 25 , 1898 New York, New York, U.S. died November 7 , 1978 Greenwich, Connecticut), American boxer who defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926 to become the world heavyweight boxing champion.

He held the title from July 4 , 1919 when he knocked out Jess Willard in three rounds in Toledo, Ohio, until Sept. 23, 1926, when he lost a 10-round decision to Gene Tunney in Philadelphia.

Makes special perfume for Gloria Swanson, Dolores Costello, Mrs. Gene Tunney, etc.

The newspapers said that a Boy Scout had been in the human chain which pulled Gene Tunney out of the lake when the ice had broken.