Long Count Fight, the

…again in the famous “Battle of the Long Count,” in which Dempsey forfeited his chance for a seventh-round knockout by standing over the fallen Tunney rather than going to a neutral corner of the ring. Tunney recovered to win another 10-round decision.

…lasting controversy of the “long count.” In the seventh round Tunney was knocked to the canvas, Dempsey failed to retire immediately to a neutral corner, and the count did not begin until he had done so, several seconds later. Tunney then rose on the count of nine and completed…