Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Bob Martin vs Gene Tunney — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Bob Martin

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Gene Tunney

Bob Martin (1-1 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Martin

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

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

Bob Martin and Gene Tunney have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.

Bob Martin and Gene Tunney have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.
Met1919Jan 27Series
Bob MartinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gene TunneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Martin 1 · Tunney 5 of 6 measurable rows
MartinTunney
Record†
1-180-1-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
97% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
1
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
60%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.5
0.9
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
2
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
Bob Martin: No height on file
Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Bob Martin: No reach on file
Gene Tunney: 76″
Agenot held
Bob Martin: No date of birth
Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Stance
Bob Martin: Not recorded
Gene Tunney: Orthodox

Bob Martin 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
Bob Martin1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bob Martin: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Gene Tunney80 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Gene Tunney: 80 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (60%), 17 on the cards (21%) and 15 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Bob Martin 2, Gene Tunney 85 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bob Martin last boxed on May 30, 1921 — 38,495 days ago. Martin had won once since losing a decision to Gene Tunney.LW

Tunney Jan 1919Smith May 19210.9 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 Bob Martin and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Martin and Gene Tunney met once on January 27, 1919, and Gene Tunney won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1919 · Tunney · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martin or Tunney?
Bob Martin is 1-1 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Martin1–150%

Tunney80–1–397%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Martin or Tunney?
Bob Martin has 1 knockout win and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Martin1

Tunney4860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martin and Tunney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Martin and Gene Tunney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martin and Tunney?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bob Martin and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martin2bouts

Tunney85bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

4 suggested matchups

Compare Martin with…

Compare Tunney with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.