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Events on Thursday 22 September 1927 1
1927The Long Count FightTunney beats Dempsey in their Chicago rematchGene Tunney kept his heavyweight title against Jack Dempsey at Soldier Field in Chicago. Dempsey was slow to go to a neutral corner after knocking Tunney down in the seventh round, which delayed the referee's count and gave Tunney extra seconds to recover. Tunney got up and won the fight on points.