My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense – on the order of Mike Gibbons.
Gene Tunney
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Normally, I could hit hard enough, as anyone who studied my fights might have known. But the impression was that I was essentially defensive, the very reverse of a killer, the prize fighter who read books, even Shakespeare.
- Gene Tunney