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Thomas Joseph Gibbons (March 22, 1891 – November 19, 1960) was an American professional heavyweight boxer. Life and career. He was born on March 22, 1891, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Thomas John Gibbons and Mary ( née Burke) Gibbons. He had a brother, Mike. Tommy started boxing professionally in 1911 as a middleweight.
Tommy Gibbons fue un boxeador estadounidense nacido el 22 de marzo de 1891 en Saint Paul, Minnesota, y fallecido el 19 de noviembre de 1960.
Famous for being the only man to last fifteen rounds against boxing immortal Jack Dempsey, Tommy Gibbons was an accomplished fighter in his own right.
Popular verdict - a win for Gibbons (World Almanac). From the Chicago Tribune (Bob Soderman): Gibbons's win was decisive. Both the Tribune and the New York Times credited Tommy with winning every round. Carpenter was very brave to withstand the beating he received.
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He was born on March 22, 1891 in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Thomas John Gibbons and Mary Burke. He had a brother Mike Gibbons.Tommy started boxing professional...
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By 1924, Gene Tunney, to the incredulity of American sports fans, had begun openly campaigning for a chance to face the heavyweight champion of the world, Ja...
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Gibbons was an outstanding fighter who contended in the late teens and early 1920s from Middleweight to Heavyweight; Gibbons, like his older brother, Mike, was a very clever fighter that knew every trick in the book and was very difficult to hit cleanly. Gibbons' most famous moment came in defeat, when in 1923 he challenged Jack Dempsey for the ...
