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Originally Posted by BrooklynBomber
Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
Its my favorite boxing book. I read it not too long ago for the second time and I still enjoyed it thoroughly.
Much like "Sweet William", the Billy Conn biography, this paints a great portrait of a man who is somewhat obscure among today's boxing crowd for all the wrong reasons.
Tunney is not the typical boxing story and thats why I enjoyed it. He's generally a good guy who excelled at the sport and science of boxing rather than fighting. The descriptions of his fights with men like Harry Greb, Gibbons, Loughran, Carpentier and of course Jack Dempsey are quite vivid and soak you in where you can visualize them in your head, even if you haven't seen them.
More over it shows that Tunney is infinitely more interesting outside of the ring than anyone could have perceived, and the trail of Jack Dempsey is also followed with no bias against him as the two eventually cross paths in Philadelphia in 1927.
Terrific read from start to finish of a man not ever given enough credit, and his legendary opponent who gets more than the respect he deserves. At the end of the day its really a high point for integrity and a well written book in this crazy sport of ours.
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Just started it.. I enjoy the authors style , his voice makes for an enjoyable read.
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