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    Default Re: Gene Tunney is not an all time great HW

    Regarding the article:

    Haha, that was funny.

    Mike Tyson is beyond doubt the most renowned boxer of all time across any nation, any era, any division, I hope we can agree on that point.
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    Thank you for acknowledging that Gene Tunney was a pioneer of his time. He received first million dollar cheque, retired champion and was a skilled boxer.

    He was extremely good looking and had a chiseled body too just the way you like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Thank you for acknowledging that Gene Tunney was a pioneer of his time. He received first million dollar cheque, retired champion and was a skilled boxer.

    He was extremely good looking and had a chiseled body too just the way you like it.

    He also married an heiress, and his son was a US Senator from california.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Thank you for acknowledging that Gene Tunney was a pioneer of his time. He received first million dollar cheque, retired champion and was a skilled boxer.

    He was extremely good looking and had a chiseled body too just the way you like it.

    LOL Yeah, yeah, you think your funny...

    Hey, wasn't John L Sullivan the first to make a $Million?

    Or was that the first sportsman to make $1Mil in total?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Power View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Thank you for acknowledging that Gene Tunney was a pioneer of his time. He received first million dollar cheque, retired champion and was a skilled boxer.

    He was extremely good looking and had a chiseled body too just the way you like it.

    LOL Yeah, yeah, you think your funny...

    Hey, wasn't John L Sullivan the first to make a $Million?

    Or was that the first sportsman to make $1Mil in total?
    Sullivan earned a million wow. Did not know that in all seriousness. Gene got the cheque in the Dempsey fight I think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
    Thank you for acknowledging that Gene Tunney was a pioneer of his time. He received first million dollar cheque, retired champion and was a skilled boxer.

    He was extremely good looking and had a chiseled body too just the way you like it.

    LOL Yeah, yeah, you think your funny...

    Hey, wasn't John L Sullivan the first to make a $Million?

    Or was that the first sportsman to make $1Mil in total?
    Sullivan earned a million wow. Did not know that in all seriousness. Gene got the cheque in the Dempsey fight I think.
    Yeah he did, I suspect Sullivan was the first person to earn a million dollars from his whole career though. That would have been a fortune in the late 1800's!

    Gene earned a $Million for one fight vs Dempsey!!!

    I wonder what that would be adjusted for inflation. Approximately 90 years. Unreal!
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    But didn't Tunney beat all the white guys who beat the black guys makes it a wash sort of for him. I think it is bullshit they didnt fight blacks but hey that was the times dude. I mean Willard beat great black champ and Look what Dempsey did him fucking killing. As for today they would get fucking killed Walds jab could tear Tunney and Dempsey faces off i mean they might die. Saying that i think with how far ahead Tunney was if he had all the shit they have today and the Training he could be great Lhw.

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    In 1900 the average industry wage was $439 per year.

    Average house $5000.

    So one million was a shit load.
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