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Tunney Eyes Two Defenses Next Year At Fifteen Rights
Gene Tunney seeks two title defenses in 1924 with 15 round bouts. He expects Jack Dempsey and Tom Heeney as challengers in Tex Rickard's elimination lineup. Tunney vows to keep fights at 15 rounds and says he would have KO'd Dempsey in their Chicago bout had it not been limited to ten. He also notes a color line, stating he has never met a black boxer and never will.
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Frank Getty
United Press
New York
Jene Tunney
Maine Woods
William Harrison Dempsey
Tunney
Tom Heeney
Gene
Tex Rieckard
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Soldier Field
al Buck
Portland Evening News
Rockwood
The
Evening News
Dempsey
Jack
Heeney
Tex Rickard
Buck
George Godfrey
Jimmy Maloney
Monte Mann