The Fight of 1927 between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney
The 1920’s was a time of trying new things and living like there was no tomorrow. The money a person had at the time trumped the idea of old money vs. new money which allowed for anyone to gain leverage on the social pedestal. No longer did people worry about where the money came from, but how much money they had. These socioeconomic shifts can be seen and deeply correlated with the newspaper articles of the fight of 1927 between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. The prosperity of the times was reflected by the amount of people and money at the event in spite of the pouring rain that evening. The fight brought a sellout crowd of around 150,000 men and women packed inside Soldier Field in Chicago, …show more content…
He came from a poor family in Colorado and ran away from his house at the age of 16. Due to his lack of money, Jack was left living in different homeless camps and traveled under trains. Dempsey, in search of money, would often visit bars and saloons in search of a fight. He rarely lost these bar fights and slowly began to make a name for himself. Jack began to fight inside the ring and earning money for his fights. His fame slowly started to progress, and then WWI came around. Many people labeled him as a coward for not enlisting in the war and choosing to work at a shipyard. After the war, he slowly got himself back into the ring and fought Gene Tunney in 1926 and …show more content…
It was a 10 round nail-biter between two of the greatest in the pouring rain. In the seventh round, Jack Dempsey knocked out Gene Tunney, but because he did not return to his corner in time for the referee to begin counting, Gene Tunney had time to recover and continued to fight. Gene went on to beat Jack and win the world heavyweight championship. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the match and had no concern for the boxers’ backgrounds. No longer were people concerned with who people used to be or where they came from, but who they are now. This is shown in the crowd accepting both boxers regardless of their backgrounds. This lack of concern for socio-economic status at the time was truly a step in the right direction for social-class unity in
The 1920’s was a time of trying new things and living like there was no tomorrow. The money a person had at the time trumped the idea of old money vs. new money which allowed for anyone to gain leverage on the social pedestal. No longer did people worry about where the money came from, but how much money they had. These socioeconomic shifts can be seen and deeply correlated with the newspaper articles of the fight of 1927 between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney. The prosperity of the times was reflected by the amount of people and money at the event in spite of the pouring rain that evening. The fight brought a sellout crowd of around 150,000 men and women packed inside Soldier Field in Chicago, …show more content…
He came from a poor family in Colorado and ran away from his house at the age of 16. Due to his lack of money, Jack was left living in different homeless camps and traveled under trains. Dempsey, in search of money, would often visit bars and saloons in search of a fight. He rarely lost these bar fights and slowly began to make a name for himself. Jack began to fight inside the ring and earning money for his fights. His fame slowly started to progress, and then WWI came around. Many people labeled him as a coward for not enlisting in the war and choosing to work at a shipyard. After the war, he slowly got himself back into the ring and fought Gene Tunney in 1926 and …show more content…
It was a 10 round nail-biter between two of the greatest in the pouring rain. In the seventh round, Jack Dempsey knocked out Gene Tunney, but because he did not return to his corner in time for the referee to begin counting, Gene Tunney had time to recover and continued to fight. Gene went on to beat Jack and win the world heavyweight championship. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the match and had no concern for the boxers’ backgrounds. No longer were people concerned with who people used to be or where they came from, but who they are now. This is shown in the crowd accepting both boxers regardless of their backgrounds. This lack of concern for socio-economic status at the time was truly a step in the right direction for social-class unity in