Gene Tunney

 

his record

 

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BORN : James Joseph Tunney, May 25 1897; New York, NY
DIED : Nov 7 1978, Greenwich, CT

HEIGHT : 6-0 1/2
WEIGHT : 155-192 lbs
MANAGERS : Billy Jacob (1915-1918),Billy Roche and Sammy Kelly (1919-1920), Frank "Doc" Bagley (1920-1922), and Billy Gibson (1923-1928)

record: 65-1-1 (47 KO's)

 
1915
Jul  2 Bobby Dawson                New York, NY                   TK  8
Aug    Battling Genrimo            New York, NY                   KO  3
Oct    K.O. Jaffe                  New York, NY                   ND  6
Nov    George Lahey                New York, NY                   KO  2
Dec    Billy Rohe                  New York, NY                   ND  6

1916
Jul 21 K.O. Jaffe                  New York, NY                   ND 10
Dec  8 Young Guarini               New York, NY                   TK  8
Dec 15 Young Sharkey               New York, NY                   KO  6
Dec 22 George Lahey                New York, NY                   ND  6
Dec 29 Sailor Wolfe                New York, NY                   KO  2

1917
Feb  2 Victor Dahl                 New York, NY                   ND 10
Oct  2 K.O. Sullivan               New York, NY                   ND 10
Dec 21 Young Joe Borrell           New York, NY                   KO  2

1918
Jan 15 Hughey Weir                 New York, NY                   KO  2
May 2  Tunney enlists in the U.S. Marines Corp
Jul 8  Young Guarini               Jersey City, NJ                KO  1
---    Hank Wuerhl                 Romarantin, Fr                 KO  3
---    Johnny Newton               Romarantin, Fr                 KO  6
Dec 5  Victor "K.O." Marchand      Paris, Fr                      KO  2
Dec    Howard Morrow               Romarantin, Fr                 KO  6
Dec    Tommy Gavigan               Romarantin, Fr                  D 12

1919
Jan 31 "Fighting" Bob Martin       Paris, Fr                       W  4 (AEF)
       -Martin was the Heavyweight Champion of the American
        Expediciary Forces in France; Tunney won a special
        match between the two men

       -Tunney defeated 20 opponents in France in a 
        Light-Heavyweight elimination series throughout France

---    Indian Lewis                Tours, Fr                      KO  1
---    K.O. Sullivan               Paris, Fr                       W 10 (AEF)
Apr 26 Ted Jamieson                Paris, Fr                       W 10 (AEF)
       -Tunney won the Light-Heavyweight Championship of the
        American Expediciary Forces in France by beating the
        previous 2 men in the final bouts
Dec 17 Dan O'Dowd                  Bayonne, NJ                    ND  8
Dec 29 Bob Pearce                  Newark, NJ                     TK  2

1920
Jan  1 Whitey Allen                Bayonne, NJ                    KO  2
Jan 20 Bud Nelson                  Bayonne, NJ                    KO  1
Jan 26 Jim Monahan                 Newark, NJ                     TK  1
Feb  2 Al Roberts                  Newark, NJ                     KO  8
Mar  4 Ed Kinley                   Jersey City, NJ                KO  5
Apr  5 K.O. Sullivan               Newark, NJ                     KO  1
Apr  9 Jack Clifford               Binghamton, NY                 KO  3
Jun  7 Jeff Madden                 Jersey City, NJ                TK  2
Jun 28 Ole Anderson                Jersey City, NJ                TK  3
Oct 22 "Sergeant" Ray Smith        Camden, NJ                     TK  2
Oct 25 Paul Samson-Koerner         Paterson, NJ                   ND 10
Nov 25 Leo Houck                   Philadelphia, Pa               ND  6
Dec  7 Leo Houck                   Jersey City, NJ                ND  8
---    Leo Gates                                                  EX  5

1921
Jun 28 Young Ambrose               New York, NY                   KO  1
Jul  2 "Soldier" Horace Jones      Jersey City, NJ                TK  7
Aug  4 Martin Burke                New York, NY                    W 10
Aug 29 Eddie Josephs               New York, NY                    W 12
Sep 26 Herbert Crossley            New York, NY                    W  7
Oct 14 Jack Burke                  New York, NY                   TK  3
Oct 25 Wolf Larsen                 New York, NY                   TK  7
Dec 22 Eddie O'Hare                New York, NY                   KO  6
(O'Hare, a promising, skillful, young light heavy-
weight, who subsequently met sudden death in doing a somersault into a 
pile of snow.  He landed on a tree stump and broke his back.)


1922
Jan 13 Battling Levinsky          New York, NY                    W 12
       -Light Heavyweight Championship of North America
Feb 11 Jack Clifford               New York, NY                   TK  6
Feb 14 Whitey Wenzel               Philadelphia, Pa               TK  4
Mar  3 Fay Keiser                  Grand Rapids, Mi               ND 10
Apr 10 Jack Burke                  Pittsburgh, Pa                 TK  9
May 23 Harry Greb                  New York, NY                    L 15
       -Light Heavyweight Championship of North America
     Weights: Tunney 174.5; Greb 162 1/4
Jul  6 Fay Keiser                  Rockaway, NY                    W 12
Aug  4 Ray Thompson                Long Branch, NJ                KO  3
Aug 17 Charley Weinert             Newark, NJ                     ND 12
Aug 24 Tommy Loughran              Philadelphia, Pa               ND  8
Oct 27 Chuck Wiggins               Boston, Ma                      W 10
Nov  3 Jack Hanlon                 Brooklyn, NY                   KO  1
Nov 29 Charley Weinert             New York, NY                   KO  4

1923
Jan 29 Jack Renault                Philadelphia, Pa               NC  4
Feb  3 Chucks Wiggins              New York, NY                    W 12
Feb 23 Harry Greb                  New York, NY                    W 15
       -Light Heavyweight Championship of North America;
        Weights: 174 - 165 1/2
May  7 Jack Clifford               Detroit, Mi                    TK  8
May 17 Jimmy Delaney               Chicago, Il                    ND 10
Jul 31 Dan O'Dowd                  Long Island City, NY            W 12
Dec 10 Harry Greb                  New York, NY                    W 15
       -Light Heavyweight Championship of North America
     Weights:  175 - 171.5

1924
Jan 15 Harry Foley                 Grand Rapids, Mi               ND 10
Jan 24 Ray Thompson                West Palm Beach, Fl            KO  2
Feb 15 Martin Burke                New Orleans, La                 W 15
Mar 17 Jimmy Delaney               St. Paul, Mn                   ND 10
Jun 26 Erminio Spalla              New York, NY                   TK  7
Jul 24 Georges Carpentier          New York, NY                   TK 15
Aug 18 Joe Lohman                  Columbus, Oh                   TK  8
Sep 17 Harry Greb                  Cleveland, Oh                  ND 10
       -Weights: 175 - 166
Sep 27 Ray Neuman                  Ebensburg, Pa                   W 10
Oct 27 Harry Foley                 Memphis, Tn                    KO  1
Nov 10 Buddy McHale                Memphis, Tn                    KO  2
Dec  8 Jeff Smith                  New Orleans, La                 W 15

1925
Mar 27 Harry Greb                 St. Paul, Mn                   ND 10
       -Weights: 181 - 167 1/2
Jun  5 Tommy Gibbons               New York, NY                   KO 12
Jul  3 "Italian" Jack Herman       Kansas City, Mo                KO  2
Sep 25 Bartley Madden              Minneapolis, Mn                KO  3
Nov 18 Johnny Risko                Cleveland, Oh                  ND 12
Dec 29 Dan O'Dowd                  St. Petersburg, Fl             KO  2
---    Jim Corbett                 New York, NY                   EX  3
---    Paul Cavalier                                              EX   
---    Paul Cavalier                                              EX

1926
---    Harold Mays                 Stroudsburg, Pa                EX  3
---    Harold Mays                 Youngstown, Oh                 EX  3
Sep 16 Jack Delaney                Stroudsburg, Pa                EX  2
Sep 17 Jack Delaney                Stroudsburg, Pa                EX   
Sep 23 Jack Delaney                Philadelphia, Pa               W 10
       -Heavyweight Championship of the World;
        Weights: 189 1/2 - 190

1927
Apr 11 Eddie Eagan                 Denver, Co                     EX  4
Apr 11 Frank Muskie                Denver, Co                     EX  4
---    Paul Cavalier               Speculator, NY                 EX   
---    Chuck Wiggins                                              EX   
Sep  6 Chuck Wiggins               Lake Villa, Il                 EX  3
Sep  6 Billy Vidabeck              Lake Villa, Il                 EX  3
       -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date; 
        Tunney received a cut over his right eye against 
        Wiggins
Sep 16 Chuck Wiggins               Lake Villa, Il                 EX  2
Sep 19 Jackie Williams             Lake Villa, Il                 EX   
Sep 19 Billy Vidabeck              Lake Villa, Il                 EX   
Sep 22 Jack Dempsey                Chicago, Il                     W 10
       -Heavyweight Championship of the World;
        Weights: 189 1/2 - 192 1/2

1928
Jul 26 Tom Heeney                  New York, NY            (2:52) TK 12
       -Heavyweight Championship of the World;
        Weights: 192 - 203 1/2

 

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