Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thanks to new and improved media of the late 1920s, the second Tunney-Dempsey fight drew more elites from politics, business, finance, entertainment and sports than has any athletic event before or since.

Commercial radio sent out a blow by blow account of the fight to an estimated 50 million listeners around the globe.

The encounter is most remembered, however, for one of the most controversial
episodes in fight history. Watch to get details.