Have Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?

Yes. Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney met once on September 25, 1925, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Madden or Tunney?

Bartley Madden is 1-13-1 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gene Tunney is 80-1-3. Gene Tunney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Madden or Tunney?

Bartley Madden has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.

Do Madden and Tunney have any common opponents?

Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney share 4 common opponents: Tom Heeney, Tommy Gibbons and Harry Greb (and 1 other). Gene Tunney fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Madden and Tunney?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Bartley Madden and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bartley Madden vs Gene Tunney — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Bartley Madden

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Gene Tunney

Bartley Madden (1-13-1 across 16 tracked bouts) and Gene Tunney (80-1-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Madden

Tracked record

1–13–1

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tunney

Wins48 KO · 60%

Loss

Draws85 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Tunney leads 1–0

Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.
Met	1925Sep 25	Series
Bartley MaddenFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Gene TunneyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR3Tunney vs Madden	1Meeting

Tunney vs Madden · Sep 25, 1925

The Numbers

Madden 0 · Tunney 7 of 7 measurable rows

MaddenEdge = longer wingTunney

Record^†: 1-13-180-1-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 10%
97% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48: 0
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 1: 1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 6.5: 1.3
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85: 16
85

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Bartley Madden: No height on file; Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Reachnot held: Bartley Madden: No reach on file; Gene Tunney: 76″
Agenot held: Bartley Madden: No date of birth; Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Stance: Bartley Madden: Not recorded; Gene Tunney: Orthodox

Bartley Madden left, Gene Tunney right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bartley Madden1 win · from 16 tracked bouts

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Gene Tunney80 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

48 by KO/TKO 60%17 on the cards 21%15 by another method or unrecorded 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bartley Madden 16, Gene Tunney 85 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Tunney better on 44 shared · Gene Tunney better on 4

MaddenBartley Madden

Opponent

TunneyGene Tunney

Bartley Madden
Loss, PTS
1926Aug 1926
HeeneyTom HeeneyNew Zealand 37–23–8Tunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gene Tunney
Win, TKO 11
1928Jul 1928
Bartley Madden
0–1 against
Loss, NWS
1921Dec 1921
No contest, NC 4
1919Jan 1919
GibbonsTommy GibbonsUnited States 96–5–4 · HeavyweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gene Tunney
Win, KO 12
1925Jun 1925
Bartley Madden
0–3 against
Loss, NWS
1921May 1921
Loss, NWS
1920Nov 1920
Loss, NWS
1919May 1919
GrebHarry GrebUnited States 261–18–19 · MiddleweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 3–1–1 to 0–3
Gene Tunney
3–1–1 against
Win, NWS
1925Mar 1925
Draw, NWS
1924Sep 1924
Win, UD
1923Dec 1923
Win, SD
1923Feb 1923
Loss, UD
1922May 1922
Bartley Madden
1–4–1 against
Loss, NWS
1919Nov 1919
Win, NWS
1918Jul 1918
Loss, NWS
1918May 1918
Draw, PTS
1917Dec 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Loss, NWS
1914Aug 1914
LevinskyBattling LevinskyUnited States 196–55–38 · Light HeavyweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 1–4–1
Gene Tunney
Win, PTS
1922Jan 1922

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bartley Madden last boxed on Aug 9, 1926 — 36,596 days ago. Madden had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Greb May 1921Gibbons Dec 1921Wills Jun 1924Tunney Sep 1925Heeney Aug 19261.3 tracked bouts per year

Gene Tunney has won 13 straight, the most recent against Tom Heeney. Tunney last boxed on Jul 26, 1928.WWWWW

Risko Nov 1925O'Dowd Dec 1925Dempsey Sep 1926Dempsey Sep 1927Heeney Jul 19286.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?: Yes. Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney met once on September 25, 1925, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Madden or Tunney?: Bartley Madden is 1-13-1 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gene Tunney is 80-1-3. Gene Tunney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Madden or Tunney?: Bartley Madden has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.
Do Madden and Tunney have any common opponents?: Bartley Madden and Gene Tunney share 4 common opponents: Tom Heeney, Tommy Gibbons and Harry Greb (and 1 other). Gene Tunney fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Madden and Tunney?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Bartley Madden and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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