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Dan O'Dowd vs Gene Tunney — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dan O'Dowd

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Gene Tunney

Dan O'Dowd (1-10 across 11 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 3 times. They share 4 common opponents.

O'Dowd

Tracked record

1–10

counted from 11 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 3–0

Dan O'Dowd and Gene Tunney have met 3 times; Tunney leads 3–0.

Dan O'Dowd and Gene Tunney have met 3 times; Tunney leads 3–0.
Met1919Dec 161923Jul 311925Dec 29Series
Dan O'DowdFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Gene TunneyFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultNWSPTSKOR23Meetings

The Numbers

O'Dowd 0 · Tunney 7 of 7 measurable rows
O'DowdTunney
Record†
1-1080-1-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
9.1%
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 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.5
1.8
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
11
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
Dan O'Dowd: No height on file
Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Dan O'Dowd: No reach on file
Gene Tunney: 76″
Agenot held
Dan O'Dowd: No date of birth
Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Stance
Dan O'Dowd: Not recorded
Gene Tunney: Orthodox

Dan O'Dowd 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
Dan O'Dowd1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

Dan O'Dowd: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 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 — Dan O'Dowd 11, Gene Tunney 85 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Tunney better on 4

O'Dowd

Opponent

Tunney

  • Dan O'Dowd

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1921

    Loss, TKO 3

    1921

    GibbonsTunney better

    Gene Tunney

    Win, KO 12

    1925

  • Dan O'Dowd

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    SmithTunney better

    Gene Tunney

    Win, NWS

    1924

  • Dan O'Dowd

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    LevinskyTunney better

    Gene Tunney

    Win, PTS

    1922

  • Dan O'Dowd

    Win, NWS

    1921

    HauckTunney better

    Gene Tunney

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1920

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

Dan O'Dowd last boxed on Dec 29, 1925 — 36,819 days ago. O'Dowd had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Tunney Jul 1923Stribling May 1924Flowers Jan 1925Stribling Mar 1925Tunney Dec 19251.8 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 Dan O'Dowd and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?
Yes. Dan O'Dowd and Gene Tunney have met 3 times and Gene Tunney leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LDec 29, 1925 · Tunney · KO R2

LJul 31, 1923 · Tunney · PTS

LDec 16, 1919 · Tunney · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, O'Dowd or Tunney?
Dan O'Dowd is 1-10 across the 11 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 %

O'Dowd1–109.1%

Tunney80–1–397%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, O'Dowd or Tunney?
Dan O'Dowd has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

O'Dowd0

Tunney4860%

The Numbers ↓
Do O'Dowd and Tunney have any common opponents?
Dan O'Dowd and Gene Tunney share 4 common opponents: Tommy Gibbons, Jeff Smith and Battling Levinsky (and 1 other). Gene Tunney fared better against 4 of them.
4 shared opponents

Tommy GibbonsLW

Jeff SmithLW

Battling LevinskyLW

Leo Florian HauckWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Dowd and Tunney?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Dan O'Dowd and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

O'Dowd11bouts

Tunney85bouts

How They Win ↓

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