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Total Fights | 85 |
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Wins | 79 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 4 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 48 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years, Gene Tunney fought 85 times with 79 wins, a single loss, and 4 draws.
Tunney retired from professional boxing with a record of 79-1-4, which included three heavyweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 57.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 48 of his total 85 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only loss in Tunney's career was a 15-round unanimous decision loss to Harry Greb.
His last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Tom Heeney on July 26, 1928. Tunney successfully defended the heavyweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles in this fight.
Some of Tunney's best fights and notable victories include wins over seven Hall-of-Famers (Jack Dempsey, Tommy Gibbons, Harry Greb, Jeff Smith, Georges Carpentier, Battling Levinsky, and Leo Hauck), Tom Heeney and Erminio Spalla.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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85 | Jul 26, 1928 | 31 | Tom Heeney | Win * | TKO11 |
84 | Sep 22, 1927 | 30 | Jack Dempsey | Win * | UD |
83 | Sep 23, 1926 | 29 | Jack Dempsey | Win * | UD |
82 | Dec 29, 1925 | 28 | Dan O'Dowd | Win | KO2 |
81 | Nov 18, 1925 | 28 | Johnny Risko | Win | NWS |
80 | Sep 25, 1925 | 28 | Bartley Madden | Win | KO3 |
79 | Jul 3, 1925 | 28 | Italian Jack Herman | Win | KO2 |
78 | Jun 5, 1925 | 28 | Tommy Gibbons | Win | KO12 |
77 | Mar 27, 1925 | 27 | Harry Greb | Win | NWS |
76 | Dec 8, 1924 | 27 | Jeff Smith | Win | NWS |
75 | Nov 10, 1924 | 27 | Buddy McHale | Win | TKO2 |
74 | Oct 27, 1924 | 27 | Harry Foley | Win | TKO1 |
73 | Sep 27, 1924 | 27 | Ray Neuman | Win | PTS |
72 | Sep 17, 1924 | 27 | Harry Greb | Draw | NWS |
71 | Aug 18, 1924 | 27 | Joe Lohman | Win | TKO8 |
70 | Jul 24, 1924 | 27 | Georges Carpentier | Win | TKO15 |
69 | Jun 26, 1924 | 27 | Erminio Spalla | Win | TKO7 |
68 | Mar 17, 1924 | 26 | Jimmy Delaney | Win | NWS |
67 | Feb 15, 1924 | 26 | Martin Burke | Win | PTS |
66 | Jan 24, 1924 | 26 | Ray Thompson | Win | KO2 |
65 | Jan 15, 1924 | 26 | Harry Foley | Win | NWS |
64 | Dec 10, 1923 | 26 | Harry Greb | Win | UD |
63 | Jul 31, 1923 | 26 | Dan O'Dowd | Win | PTS |
62 | May 16, 1923 | 25 | Jimmy Delaney | Win | NWS |
61 | May 7, 1923 | 25 | Jack Clifford | Win | TKO8 |
60 | Feb 23, 1923 | 25 | Harry Greb | Win | SD |
59 | Feb 3, 1923 | 25 | Chuck Wiggins | Win | PTS |
58 | Jan 29, 1923 | 25 | Jack Renault | NC | NC |
57 | Nov 29, 1922 | 25 | Charley Weinert | Win | KO4 |
56 | Nov 3, 1922 | 25 | Jack Hanlon | Win | KO1 |
55 | Oct 27, 1922 | 25 | Chuck Wiggins | Win | PTS |
54 | Aug 24, 1922 | 25 | Tommy Loughran | Draw | NWS |
53 | Aug 17, 1922 | 25 | Charley Weinert | Win | NWS |
52 | Aug 4, 1922 | 25 | Ray Thompson | Win | KO3 |
51 | Jul 7, 1922 | 25 | Fay Keiser | Win | PTS |
50 | May 23, 1922 | 24 | Harry Greb | Loss | UD |
49 | Apr 10, 1922 | 24 | Jack Burke | Win | TKO9 |
48 | Mar 3, 1922 | 24 | Fay Keiser | Win | NWS |
47 | Feb 14, 1922 | 24 | Whitey Wenzel | Win | TKO4 |
46 | Feb 11, 1922 | 24 | Jack Clifford | Win | TKO6 |
45 | Jan 13, 1922 | 24 | Battling Levinsky | Win | PTS |
44 | Dec 22, 1921 | 24 | Eddie O'Hare | Win | KO6 |
43 | Oct 25, 1921 | 24 | Wolf Larsen | Win | TKO7 |
42 | Oct 14, 1921 | 24 | Jack Burke | Win | TKO3 |
41 | Sep 26, 1921 | 24 | Herbert Crossley | Win | PTS |
40 | Aug 18, 1921 | 24 | Eddie Josephs | Win | PTS |
39 | Aug 4, 1921 | 24 | Martin Burke | Win | PTS |
38 | Jul 2, 1921 | 24 | Soldier Jones | Win | TKO7 |
37 | Jun 28, 1921 | 24 | Johnny Ambrose | Win | KO1 |
36 | Dec 7, 1920 | 23 | Leo Hauck | Win | NWS |
35 | Nov 25, 1920 | 23 | Leo Hauck | Win | NWS |
34 | Oct 25, 1920 | 23 | Paul Samson Koerner | Win | NWS |
33 | Oct 22, 1920 | 23 | Sergeant Ray Smith | Win | TKO2 |
32 | Jun 28, 1920 | 23 | Ole Anderson | Win | TKO3 |
31 | Jun 7, 1920 | 23 | Jeff Madden | Win | TKO2 |
30 | Apr 9, 1920 | 22 | Jack Clifford | Win | KO3 |
29 | Apr 5, 1920 | 22 | K.O. Sullivan | Win | KO1 |
28 | Mar 4, 1920 | 22 | Ed Kinley | Win | KO5 |
27 | Feb 2, 1920 | 22 | Al Roberts | Win | KO8 |
26 | Jan 26, 1920 | 22 | Jim Monahan | Win | KO1 |
25 | Jan 20, 1920 | 22 | Bud Nelson | Win | KO1 |
24 | Jan 1, 1920 | 22 | Whitey Allen | Win | KO2 |
23 | Dec 29, 1919 | 22 | Bob Pearce | Win | KO2 |
22 | Dec 16, 1919 | 22 | Dan O'Dowd | Win | NWS |
21 | Apr 26, 1919 | 21 | Ted Jamieson | Win | PTS |
20 | Apr 14, 1919 | 21 | K.O. Sullivan | Win | PTS |
19 | Mar 31, 1919 | 21 | Dare Lewis | Win | KO3 |
18 | Jan 27, 1919 | 21 | Bob Martin | Win | PTS |
17 | Jan 9, 1919 | 21 | Victor Marchand | Win | KO2 |
16 | Dec 20, 1918 | 21 | Tommy Gavigan | Draw | PTS |
15 | Dec 10, 1918 | 21 | Howard Morrow | Win | KO6 |
14 | Nov 20, 1918 | 21 | Johnny Newton | Win | KO6 |
13 | Nov 1, 1918 | 21 | Hank Werhl | Win | KO6 |
12 | Jul 8, 1918 | 21 | Young Guerini | Win | KO1 |
11 | Jan 15, 1918 | 20 | Hugh Weir | Win | KO2 |
10 | Dec 28, 1917 | 20 | Joe Borrell | Win | KO2 |
9 | Dec 29, 1916 | 19 | Sailor Wolfe | Win | KO2 |
8 | Dec 22, 1916 | 19 | George Leahy | Win | NWS |
7 | Dec 15, 1916 | 19 | Young Sharkey | Win | KO6 |
6 | Dec 8, 1916 | 19 | Young Guerini | Win | TKO8 |
5 | Jul 21, 1916 | 19 | KO Jaffe | Draw | NWS |
4 | Dec 1, 1915 | 18 | Billy Rowe | Win | NWS |
3 | Aug 28, 1915 | 18 | George Leahy | Win | KO2 |
2 | Aug 6, 1915 | 18 | Battling Genrimo | Win | KO3 |
1 | Jul 3, 1915 | 18 | Bobby Dawson | Win | TKO8 |
* World-title fight
Gene Tunney (The Fighting Marine) was an American professional boxer. He was born in New York City, U.S. on May 25, 1897. He was a heavyweight world champion. He died on November 7, 1978 at the age of 81 years. Tunney was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1915 to 1928.
Tunney made his professional boxing debut against Bobby Dawson at the age of 18 on July 3, 1915, defeating Dawson via 8th round TKO. He went on to win 3 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 2 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on September 23, 1926 after 82 professional fights, against Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Dempsey via 10 round unanimous decision to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Tunney won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Tunney's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Tunney had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a heavyweight title defense bout against Tom Heeney at 31 years of age, on July 26, 1928. Tunney won the fight via 11th round TKO and defended his NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles.
Tunney had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and two successful title defenses. He won all three of these fights.
Gene Tunney fought for a heavyweight world title once, which he won via unanimous decision. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 23, 1926 | Jack Dempsey | Heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Gene Tunney had two heavyweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 26, 1928 | Tom Heeney | Heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 22, 1927 | Jack Dempsey | Heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Tunney fought a total of 85 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
February 23, 1923: Gene Tunney puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Harry Greb via 15th round split decision.
December 10, 1923: Gene Tunney beats Harry Greb via 15th round unanimous decision.
July 24, 1924: Gene Tunney beats Georges Carpentier via 15th round TKO.
March 27, 1925: Gene Tunney beats Harry Greb via 10th round NWS.
September 23, 1926: Tunney wins his first world titles by defeating Jack Dempsey via 10 round unanimous decision. He is now the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight world champion.
September 22, 1927: Tunney successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles against Jack Dempsey, winning the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
July 26, 1928: Tunney successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles against Tom Heeney, winning the fight via 11th round TKO.
Tunney knocked out 48 of his 85 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 57.1%. Of his total 79 wins, 48 of them were via KO (60.8%).
Tunney's first world-title win were the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring belts at heavyweight. He defeated Jack Dempsey via 10 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Tunney won one world title at heavyweight.
Tunney had 2 successful title defense fights.