Fast Facts
- Tommy Gibbons also fought Jimmy Delaney.
- Owned the Gibbons Brother's Gym with his boxing brother Mike Gibbons.
- He started boxing professionally in 1911.
- Boxed 106 fights, losing only 4 and being stopped only once, by Gene Tunney. He retired after the fight.
- Was the first boxer to go the entire fifteen rounds with Dempsey during the World Championship Fight in Shelby, Montana on July 4, 1923, where he lost the decision.
- Tommy and Helen donated $50,000 to build the Immaculate Conception Church in Osakis, Minnesota from his purse from the Tunney fight.
- Was King Boreas IX in 1946 for the Winter Carnival in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- Was Knighted twice by the Catholic Church for his work for the church. A Knight of St. Gregory and A Knight of St. George.
- Was elected, along with his brother Mike to the *Helms* Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954.
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