Gene Tunney (79-1-4, 48) was born in New York City, U.S. on May 25, 1897. At the age of 18 years on July 3, 1915, he made his professional boxing debut against Bobby Dawson, winning the fight via 8th-round TKO.
On his 83rd career fight at 29 years old, Tunney became a heavyweight world champion on September 23, 1926 after defeating Jack Dempsey via 10-round unanimous decision to win the The Ring title.
Tunney's last fight was a heavyweight (The Ring) world-title defense against Tom Heeney on July 26, 1928. He stopped Heeney via TKO in the 11th round, successfully defending the title. He was on a 13-fight winning streak by his last fight.
Some of Gene Tunney's best fights were against Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Gene Tunney".
Tunney has 1 loss on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Gene Tunney Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
85 | Jul 26, 1928 31 years, 2 months 79-1-4 (48) | Tom Heeney | HW | 11 | TKO | Win Defended The Ring |
84  | Sep 22, 1927 30 years, 3 months 78-1-4 (47) | 32 years, 2 months 58-5-9 (43) | HW | 10 | UD | Win Defended The Ring |
83 | Sep 23, 1926 29 years, 3 months 77-1-4 (47) | 31 years, 2 months 57-4-9 (42) | HW | 10 | UD | Win Won The Ring |
82 | Dec 29, 1925 28 years, 7 months 76-1-4 (47) | Dan O'Dowd | 2 | KO | Win | |
81 | Nov 18, 1925 28 years, 5 months 75-1-4 (46) | Johnny Risko | 12 | NWS | Win | |
80 | Sep 25, 1925 28 years, 4 months 74-1-4 (46) | Bartley Madden | 3 | KO | Win | |
79 | Jul 3, 1925 28 years, 1 months 73-1-4 (45) | Italian Jack Herman | 2 | KO | Win | |
78 | Jun 5, 1925 28 years 72-1-4 (44) | Tommy Gibbons | 12 | KO | Win | |
77 | Mar 27, 1925 27 years, 10 months 71-1-4 (43) | Harry Greb | 10 | NWS | Win | |
76 | Dec 8, 1924 27 years, 6 months 70-1-4 (43) | Jeff Smith | 15 | NWS | Win | |
75 | Nov 10, 1924 27 years, 5 months 69-1-4 (43) | Buddy McHale | 2 | TKO | Win | |
74 | Oct 27, 1924 27 years, 5 months 68-1-4 (42) | Harry Foley | 1 | TKO | Win | |
73 | Sep 27, 1924 27 years, 4 months 67-1-4 (41) | Ray Neuman | 10 | PTS | Win | |
72 | Sep 17, 1924 27 years, 3 months 66-1-4 (41) | Harry Greb | 10 | NWS | Draw | |
71 | Aug 18, 1924 27 years, 2 months 66-1-3 (41) | Joe Lohman | 8 | TKO | Win | |
70  | Jul 24, 1924 27 years, 1 months 65-1-3 (40) | 30 years, 6 months 87-14-5 (55) | 15 | TKO | Win | |
69 | Jun 26, 1924 27 years, 1 months 64-1-3 (39) | Erminio Spalla | 7 | TKO | Win | |
68 | Mar 17, 1924 26 years, 9 months 63-1-3 (38) | Jimmy Delaney | 10 | NWS | Win | |
67 | Feb 15, 1924 26 years, 8 months 62-1-3 (38) | Martin Burke | 15 | PTS | Win | |
66 | Jan 24, 1924 26 years, 7 months 61-1-3 (38) | Ray Thompson | 2 | KO | Win | |
65 | Jan 15, 1924 26 years, 7 months 60-1-3 (37) | Harry Foley | 10 | NWS | Win | |
64 | Dec 10, 1923 26 years, 6 months 59-1-3 (37) | Harry Greb | LHW | 15 | UD | Win |
63 | Jul 31, 1923 26 years, 2 months 58-1-3 (37) | Dan O'Dowd | 12 | PTS | Win | |
62 | May 16, 1923 25 years, 11 months 57-1-3 (37) | Jimmy Delaney | 10 | NWS | Win | |
61 | May 7, 1923 25 years, 11 months 56-1-3 (37) | Jack Clifford | 8 | TKO | Win | |
60 | Feb 23, 1923 25 years, 8 months 55-1-3 (36) | Harry Greb | LHW | 15 | SD | Win |
59 | Feb 3, 1923 25 years, 8 months 54-1-3 (36) | Chuck Wiggins | 12 | PTS | Win | |
58 | Jan 29, 1923 25 years, 8 months 53-1-3 (36) | Jack Renault | 4 | NC | NC | |
57 | Nov 29, 1922 25 years, 6 months 53-1-3 (36) | Charley Weinert | 4 | KO | Win | |
56 | Nov 3, 1922 25 years, 5 months 52-1-3 (35) | Jack Hanlon | 1 | KO | Win | |
55 | Oct 27, 1922 25 years, 5 months 51-1-3 (34) | Chuck Wiggins | 10 | PTS | Win | |
54 | Aug 24, 1922 25 years, 2 months 50-1-3 (34) | Tommy Loughran | 8 | NWS | Draw | |
53 | Aug 17, 1922 25 years, 2 months 50-1-2 (34) | Charley Weinert | 12 | NWS | Win | |
52 | Aug 4, 1922 25 years, 2 months 49-1-2 (34) | Ray Thompson | 3 | KO | Win | |
51 | Jul 7, 1922 25 years, 1 months 48-1-2 (33) | Fay Keiser | 12 | PTS | Win | |
50 | May 23, 1922 24 years, 11 months 47-1-2 (33) | Harry Greb | LHW | 15 | UD | Loss |
49 | Apr 10, 1922 24 years, 10 months 47-0-2 (33) | Jack Burke | 9 | TKO | Win | |
48 | Mar 3, 1922 24 years, 9 months 46-0-2 (32) | Fay Keiser | 10 | NWS | Win | |
47 | Feb 14, 1922 24 years, 8 months 45-0-2 (32) | Whitey Wenzel | 4 | TKO | Win | |
46 | Feb 11, 1922 24 years, 8 months 44-0-2 (31) | Jack Clifford | 6 | TKO | Win | |
45 | Jan 13, 1922 24 years, 7 months 43-0-2 (30) | Battling Levinsky | LHW | 12 | PTS | Win |
44 | Dec 22, 1921 24 years, 6 months 42-0-2 (30) | Eddie O'Hare | 6 | KO | Win | |
43 | Oct 25, 1921 24 years, 5 months 41-0-2 (29) | Wolf Larsen | 7 | TKO | Win | |
42 | Oct 14, 1921 24 years, 4 months 40-0-2 (28) | Jack Burke | 3 | TKO | Win | |
41 | Sep 26, 1921 24 years, 4 months 39-0-2 (27) | Herbert Crossley | 7 | PTS | Win | |
40 | Aug 18, 1921 24 years, 2 months 38-0-2 (27) | Eddie Josephs | 12 | PTS | Win | |
39 | Aug 4, 1921 24 years, 2 months 37-0-2 (27) | Martin Burke | 10 | PTS | Win | |
38 | Jul 2, 1921 24 years, 1 months 36-0-2 (27) | Soldier Jones | 7 | TKO | Win | |
37 | Jun 28, 1921 24 years, 1 months 35-0-2 (26) | Johnny Ambrose | 1 | KO | Win | |
36 | Dec 7, 1920 23 years, 6 months 34-0-2 (25) | Leo Hauck | 10 | NWS | Win | |
35 | Nov 25, 1920 23 years, 6 months 33-0-2 (25) | Leo Hauck | 6 | NWS | Win | |
34 | Oct 25, 1920 23 years, 5 months 32-0-2 (25) | Paul Samson Koerner | 10 | NWS | Win | |
33 | Oct 22, 1920 23 years, 4 months 31-0-2 (25) | Sergeant Ray Smith | 2 | TKO | Win | |
32 | Jun 28, 1920 23 years, 1 months 30-0-2 (24) | Ole Anderson | 3 | TKO | Win | |
31 | Jun 7, 1920 23 years 29-0-2 (23) | Jeff Madden | 2 | TKO | Win | |
30 | Apr 9, 1920 22 years, 10 months 28-0-2 (22) | Jack Clifford | 3 | KO | Win | |
29 | Apr 5, 1920 22 years, 10 months 27-0-2 (21) | K.O. Sullivan | 1 | KO | Win | |
28 | Mar 4, 1920 22 years, 9 months 26-0-2 (20) | Ed Kinley | 5 | KO | Win | |
27 | Feb 2, 1920 22 years, 8 months 25-0-2 (19) | Al Roberts | 8 | KO | Win | |
26 | Jan 26, 1920 22 years, 8 months 24-0-2 (18) | Jim Monahan | 1 | KO | Win | |
25 | Jan 20, 1920 22 years, 7 months 23-0-2 (17) | Bud Nelson | 1 | KO | Win | |
24 | Jan 1, 1920 22 years, 7 months 22-0-2 (16) | Whitey Allen | 2 | KO | Win | |
23 | Dec 29, 1919 22 years, 7 months 21-0-2 (15) | Bob Pearce | 2 | KO | Win | |
22 | Dec 16, 1919 22 years, 6 months 20-0-2 (14) | Dan O'Dowd | 8 | NWS | Win | |
21 | Apr 26, 1919 21 years, 11 months 19-0-2 (14) | Ted Jamieson | LHW | 10 | PTS | Win |
20 | Apr 14, 1919 21 years, 10 months 18-0-2 (14) | K.O. Sullivan | 10 | PTS | Win | |
19 | Mar 31, 1919 21 years, 10 months 17-0-2 (14) | Dare Lewis | 3 | KO | Win | |
18 | Jan 27, 1919 21 years, 8 months 16-0-2 (13) | Bob Martin | 4 | PTS | Win | |
17 | Jan 9, 1919 21 years, 7 months 15-0-2 (13) | Victor Marchand | 2 | KO | Win | |
16 | Dec 20, 1918 21 years, 6 months 14-0-2 (12) | Tommy Gavigan | 10 | PTS | Draw | |
15 | Dec 10, 1918 21 years, 6 months 14-0-1 (12) | Howard Morrow | 6 | KO | Win | |
14 | Nov 20, 1918 21 years, 5 months 13-0-1 (11) | Johnny Newton | 6 | KO | Win | |
13 | Nov 1, 1918 21 years, 5 months 12-0-1 (10) | Hank Werhl | 6 | KO | Win | |
12 | Jul 8, 1918 21 years, 1 months 11-0-1 (9) | Young Guerini | 1 | KO | Win | |
11 | Jan 15, 1918 20 years, 7 months 10-0-1 (8) | Hugh Weir | 2 | KO | Win | |
10 | Dec 28, 1917 20 years, 7 months 9-0-1 (7) | Joe Borrell | 2 | KO | Win | |
9 | Dec 29, 1916 19 years, 7 months 8-0-1 (6) | Sailor Wolfe | 2 | KO | Win | |
8 | Dec 22, 1916 19 years, 6 months 7-0-1 (5) | George Leahy | 6 | NWS | Win | |
7 | Dec 15, 1916 19 years, 6 months 6-0-1 (5) | Young Sharkey | 6 | KO | Win | |
6 | Dec 8, 1916 19 years, 6 months 5-0-1 (4) | Young Guerini | 8 | TKO | Win | |
5 | Jul 21, 1916 19 years, 1 months 4-0-1 (3) | KO Jaffe | 10 | NWS | Draw | |
4 | Dec 1, 1915 18 years, 6 months 4-0 (3) | Billy Rowe | 6 | NWS | Win | |
3 | Aug 28, 1915 18 years, 3 months 3-0 (3) | George Leahy | 2 | KO | Win | |
2 | Aug 6, 1915 18 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Battling Genrimo | 3 | KO | Win | |
1 | Jul 3, 1915 18 years, 1 months 1-0 (1) | Bobby Dawson | 8 | TKO | Win |
