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On This Date in Sports September 22, 1927: The Long Count

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com Jack Dempsey floors Gene Tunney in the seventh round in a rematch for the heavyweight championship at Soldier Field in Chicago. However, the referee begins the count late when Dempsey fails to go to a neutral corner. This gives Tuney a few extra second

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On This Date in Sports September 22, 1927: The Long Count

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