In the view of boxing journalist Mike Casey: "Tunney...ranks very high...in his ability to assimilate and analyse data and effectively act upon it...He studied his opponents in depth and knew their every move before he entered the ring...With typical foresight and calculated planning, Gene Tunney had been tracking Jack Dempsey for some time."
The ultimate challenger, he toppled Dempsey - the seven-year champion, an American icon and the first boxer to gross over $1m in a fight - twice!
