Writer Jack Cavanaugh talks about Gene Tunney, history's 'brainiest' heavyweight champion and twice a victor over Jack Dempsey.
As a young sports reporter, Jack Cavanaugh had a chance meeting in the 1960s with a mythical figure of his childhood, former champ Gene Tunney. After their 45-minute chat, Tunney fell off the radar of Cavanaugh—and of the sports world—for decades, until Tunney's name came up in conversation, spurring Cavanaugh to write the authoritative Tunney story. Tunney: Boxing's Brainiest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey
ENJOYED YOUR BOOK ON TUNNEY , BUT WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DID NOT MENTION OR EXPLORE HIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL LATER IN LIFE. ALSO YOU DID NOT GIVE HIS WEIGHTS FOR EACH OF HIS FIGHTS WITH DEMPSEY. ALSO , JIM CORBETT'S CRITICISM OF TUNNEY FOR "MUSCLING UP" TOO MUCH AS HE BUILT HIMSELF INTO A LEGITIMATE HEAVYWEIGHT BY DOING HEAVY GYMNASTIC EXCERCISES.YOU ALSO SAID THAT THE THREE KNOCKDOWN RULE CAME IN 10 YEARS AFTER DEMPSEY-TUNNEY , BUT I BELIEVE IT CAME IN IN THE 60 'S AFTER SOME FATALITIES IN THE RING. I ALSO WOULD HAVE LIKED MORE PHOTOS OF TUNNEY , THERE SEEM TO BE ENOUGH AROUND. I DON'T MEAN TO NIT-PICK , I JUST THINK THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS WOULD HAVE ADDED TO A GOOD BOOK ABOUT A VERY INTERESTING SUBJECT.
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