Have Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?

Yes. Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney met once on March 4, 1920, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 5.

Who has the better record, Kinley or Tunney?

Ed Kinley is 1-3 across the 4 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, Kinley or Tunney?

Ed Kinley has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.

Do Kinley and Tunney have any common opponents?

Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney share 1 common opponent: Battling Levinsky. Gene Tunney fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ed Kinley and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ed Kinley vs Gene Tunney — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Ed Kinley

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Gene Tunney

Ed Kinley (1-3 across 4 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 1 common opponent.

Kinley

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.
Met	1920Mar 4	Series
Ed KinleyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Gene TunneyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR5Tunney vs Kinley	1Meeting

Tunney vs Kinley · Mar 4, 1920

The Numbers

Kinley 0 · Tunney 7 of 7 measurable rows

KinleyEdge = longer wingTunney

Record^†: 1-380-1-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 25%
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: 4
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: Ed Kinley: No height on file; Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Reachnot held: Ed Kinley: No reach on file; Gene Tunney: 76″
Agenot held: Ed Kinley: No date of birth; Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Stance: Ed Kinley: Not recorded; Gene Tunney: Orthodox

Ed Kinley 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

Ed Kinley1 win · from 4 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 — Ed Kinley 4, Gene Tunney 85 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Tunney better on 11 shared · Gene Tunney better on 1

KinleyEd Kinley

Opponent

TunneyGene Tunney

Ed Kinley
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Apr 1919
LevinskyBattling LevinskyUnited States 196–55–38 · Light HeavyweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 0–2
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

Ed Kinley last boxed on Mar 4, 1920 — 38,952 days ago. Kinley had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

McTigue Jan 1917Levinsky Apr 1919Levinsky Jul 1919Tunney Mar 19201.3 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 Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?: Yes. Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney met once on March 4, 1920, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 5.
Who has the better record, Kinley or Tunney?: Ed Kinley is 1-3 across the 4 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, Kinley or Tunney?: Ed Kinley has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.
Do Kinley and Tunney have any common opponents?: Ed Kinley and Gene Tunney share 1 common opponent: Battling Levinsky. Gene Tunney fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kinley and Tunney?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ed Kinley and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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