Four legged wooden stool has a metal placard affixed to the upper surface reading, "City of Philadelphia Hero Scholarship Fund Presents To Gene Tunney, Original Stool, 1926 Championship Fight, September 1961." Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in Philadelphia on 23 September 1926 to claim the Heavyweight Title before a crowd of over 120,000 spectators. It was one of the most publicized and highly anticipated fights of the 1920s and took place as part of the sesquicentennial festivities honoring the 150th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Dempsey, the reigning Heavyweight Champion who had held the title since 1919, was heavily favored but Tunney won by unanimous decision after ten rounds. The pair were guests of honor at a 1961 Hero Scholarship Fund event and as period newspaper accounts relay, Tunney was presented with what is believed to have been his original stool from the fight (Dempsey is noted as having received a replica). Mild surface wear including a few scratches/dents and there is a touch of tarnish to the inscribed metal placard: EX