NOT A FIGHT SAYS TUNNEY.
BUT DEMPSEY WILL “TEAR HIM APART.”
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. “I am a boxing enthusiast and I don't believe in fighting,” said Gene Tunney, avlio is to meet Jack Dempsey for the Avorld’s heaAWAveight title, speaking before' the Chicago City Council. “I dislike hearing our match spoken of as a fight. I did hit come here to fight. My job is to retain the Avorld’s boxing championship.” “Tunney Avill sure haA r e to fight and fight hard. He won’t get away Avith mere boxing,” declares Desmpsey commenting on Tunney’s remarks. “Thousands of enthusiasts Avill pay £600,000 to see that spectacle, and Avhat they want is fight. lam going to do my best to knock him out, or tear him apart. ” -
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Shannon News, 20 September 1927, Page 4
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125NOT A FIGHT SAYS TUNNEY. Shannon News, 20 September 1927, Page 4
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