SPORTS : Heavy weight New Zealand boxer Tom Heeney in training for fight with Gene Tunney (1928)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Video Roll Title: Heeney in Training for Tunny fight: 26ft (NOTE - the fight between Tom Heeney and Gene Tunney took place in New York city on 26th July 1928). Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION CAPTION - TUNNEY’S CHALLENGER - HEENEY , THE NEW ZEALANDER IN TRAINING FOR THE GREAT FIGHT, THINKS SPARRING IS CHILD’S PLAY UNKNOWN LOCATION Tom Heeney, heavyweight boxer with unidentified child , playing and boxing/ sparring in the field . Close up of Tom Heeney with arms folded looking at camera Background: Video Roll Title: Heeney in Training for Tunny fight: 26ft (NOTE - the fight between Tom Heeney and Gene Tunney took place in New York city on 26th July 1928). FILM ID: VLVA7V3HUK65STOUUQ26J5F33E61M To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé