One of Mike Tyson's boxing idols, Dempsey was a sporting icon who took part in the first boxing event to produce a $1 million gate with his 1921 victory over Georges Carpentier in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dempsey made five defenses before he was defeated by Gene Tunney in 1926. After a seventh-round KO of Jack Sharkey at Yankee Stadium, Dempsey met Tunney in a rematch, an infamous bout that ignited one of the first national sports controversies with "The Long Count Fight" in 1927. Tunney was floored in Round 7 but won by decision a second time.