It is the most famous fight in the Golden Age of Sports. It is the night of the Long Count in Chicago. It is the fight when Jack Dempsey knocks Gene Tunney to the canvas for more than the 10 seconds required for a knockout but loses the heavyweight championship fight anyway. Dempsey, the challenger seeking to regain his title in this rematch, has only himself to blame.

After Tunney hits the floor in the seventh round and the timekeeper begins his count, Dempsey ignores referee Dave Barry's attempt to get him to a neutral corner. Barry again points to the neutral corner, and only now does Dempsey begin to leave his own corner and head across the ring. When Barry sees Dempsey in his proper place, he begins the count. But instead of picking up the timekeeper's count of five, he calls out, "One."

As Barry continues his count, a dazed Tunney raises his eyes from the floor and looks up at the ref. At nine, Tunney, holding the rope, pulls himself to his feet after being down for about 14 seconds. He survives the seventh round, and then knocks down Dempsey in the eighth. He badly batters Dempsey in the final rounds and retains his title on a unanimous decision.