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 | Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney JD vs GT |
 | The Battle of a Century and a Half (Clip One) Dempsey and Tunney square off for the Heavyweight Championship of the world at Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia, in front of 120,000+ fans. |
 | 1900's - 1930's Boxing Legends On Tobacco Cards + Joe Louis Joe Louis and many other boxing legends are included in the following 1930's cigarette card set:http://stores.ebay.com/Creamofcards-Cigarette-Cards#bottom 50 Boxing Personalities, issued by WA & AC Churchman in 1938 Includes the following boxers:Lou Ambers,Henry Armstrong,Max Baer,Jack Berg, Kid,Eric Boon,James J Braddock,Primo Carnera,Georges Carpentier,Dave Crowley,Arthur Danahar,Al Delaney,Jack Dempsey,Jack Doyle,Jim Driscoll,Tommy Farr,Ben Foord,Lary Gains,Len Harvey,Frank Hough,Jack Johnson,, Peter Kane, Jake Kilrain,Johny King,John Henry Lewis,Ted Lewis,Kid,Joe Louis,Benny Lynch,Jock McAvoy,Tommy Milligan,Harry Mizler,Walter Neusel,Jack Petersen,Eddie Phillips,Max Schmeling,Gene Tunney,Paolino Uzcudun,Jimmy Walsh,Billy wells,Jimmy Wilde,Moss, Deyong,CH Douglas,Jack Hart,Jack Smith,Victor Berliner,Ted Broadribb,Sam Russell,Johnny Sharpe,Arthur J Elvin,Sydney Hulls,John E Harding |
 | Tunney verses Gibbons Gene Tunney verses Tommy GibbonsHeavy Weight FightJune 5, 1925Polo Grounds, Manhattan, NYTunney defeats Gibbons by Knock-Out in the Twelfth Round. This was the final fight of Gibbons' boxing career. |
 | The Battle of a Century and a Half (Clip Two) Dempsey and Tunney square off for the Heavyweight Championship of the world at Sesquicentennial Stadium, Philadelphia, in front of 120,000+ fans |
 | Legendary Champions 1882-1929 part 2 A great documentary on the great heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan thru Gene Tunney. |
 | Legendary Champions 1882-1929 part 1 A great documentary on the great heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan thru Gene Tunney. |
 | Legendary Champions 1882-1929 part 3 A great documentary on the great heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan thru Gene Tunney. |
 | Muhammad Ali Vs Rocky Marciano "The Super Fight" N.Y.1969. `The Super Fight` was a fictional 1969 boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano. At the time, Ali and Marciano were the only undefeated heavyweight champions in history and fans often debated who would win had they met in their primes. Ali and Marciano were filmed acting out every possible scenario in a fight and the result was then determined using probability formulas entered into a computer. The final fight was only shown once in selected cinemas around the world and later released as a DVD.In 1967, radio producer Murray Woroner had the idea of determining the all-time great heavyweight champion of the world in a series of fantasy fights between boxing champions of different eras. Woroner sent out a survey to 250 boxing experts and writers to help determine which boxers would be used in the imaginary fights. Woroner picked the first round of fantasy matches to be:Jack Dempsey vs. Gentleman Jim Corbett John L. Sullivan vs. Jim Braddock Bob Fitzsimmons vs. Jack Sharkey Jim Jeffries vs. Jersey Joe Walcott Joe Louis vs. Jess Willard Max Baer vs. Jack Johnson Rocky Marciano vs. Gene Tunney Muhammad Ali vs. Max SchmelingPunch-by-punch details of the boxer's records during their prime were entered into an NCR 315 computer. Also their strengths, weaknesses, fighting styles and patterns and other factors and scenarios that the boxers could go through were converted into formulas. The NCR-315 with 20K of memory was supplied by SPS (Systems Programming Services), an independent service bureau in Miami Fla. The algorithms was supplied by an NCR mathematician, and programming was done in Fortran by an employee of SPS. Hank Meyer, President and salesman with a one other partner in SPS, was instrumental in setting this competition up, and contended at the time that it was his idea. The actual running of the software was done the night before each broadcast round of the 'computer championship' and took approximately 45 minutes to run, the ouptut was a formatted report containing a series of codes describing each punch. This was then written to magnetic tape, the tape was then manually transferred to a Univac 1005 and printed. This early form of "foot-powered" networking was referred to as sneakernet, the reason for doing this was cost, it was cheaper to print on a 1005 than the 315. This took place in early 1968; the NCR 315 was a state-of-the-art computer at the time.The outcomes were then staged as radio plays with Woroner and radio announcer Guy LeBow as the commentators. The fantasy fights were broadcast worldwide. Even the boxers who were still alive at the time listened to the programs and some of them participated as commentators. After the series of elimination rounds, the final fight was between Dempsey and Marciano. Marciano defeated Dempsey and was considered to be the all-time greatest heavyweight champion by the computer. Woroner awarded the real Marciano a gold and diamond championship belt worth $10,000.Ali was angered over his loss to Jim Jeffries in the fantasy fights and sued Woroner for $1 million for defamation of character. The lawsuit was settled when Woroner offered to pay Ali $10,000 to participate in a filmed version of his radio fantasy fights in which Ali would fight Marciano. Ali, who had been stripped of his heavyweight title and American boxing license three years prior, agreed on the condition that he would also receive a cut of the film's profits. Marciano also agreed to participate with a similar deal. The same formulas were used again and entered into the NCR 315. In 1969, filming began in a Miami studio.Marciano, who had been retired for almost 13 years, lost over 50 pounds and wore a toupee in order to look as he did in his prime. Even for a "fake" fight, Marciano and Ali really looked forward to meeting each other and getting back in the ring.The two fighters sparred for about 70 to 75 rounds, which were later spliced together according to the computer's findings which had not yet been determined. Every probable scenario was filmed. The final outcome would not be revealed to anyone until the release of the film. Braddock, Louis, Schmeling, Sharkey and Walcott also recorded commentary to be used in the film. Marciano died in a plane crash three weeks after filming wrapped [1].On January 20, 1970, the fight was shown only once in 1500 theaters over closed-circuit television in the United States, Canada, and throughout Europe. It grossed $5 million. The computer had determined that Marciano would knock Ali out in the 13th round and the film was edited to present that outcome. All prints of the fight except one were supposed to be immediately destroyed, per Woroner's stipulation. However, many theaters played the show long after January 20th.After watching the film, Ali reportedly said "That computer was made in Alabama," joking that Marciano was favored because he was white.[2] |
 | THE BATTLE OF THE LONG COUNT: Jack Dempsey / Gene Tunney (7th Round Live Radio Broadcast) In one of boxing's most dramatic, historic moments, former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey fails to go to a neutral corner after decking Gene Tunney in the 7th round of their famous title rematch on 22 September 1927 at Soldier Field in Chicago. With the count delayed due to Dempsey's oversight, Tunney was able to recover... and retain his crown on a unanimous 10-round points decision. Known as "The Battle of the Long Count," the ring announcer is Graham McNamee. |
