Have Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?

Yes. Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney have met 2 times and Gene Tunney leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Keiser or Tunney?

Fay Keiser is 1-13-3 across the 17 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, Keiser or Tunney?

Fay Keiser has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.

Do Keiser and Tunney have any common opponents?

Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney share 4 common opponents: Harry Greb, Jeff Smith and Tommy Loughran (and 1 other). Gene Tunney fared better against 4 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Fay Keiser and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Fay Keiser vs Gene Tunney — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Fay Keiser

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Gene Tunney

Fay Keiser (1-13-3 across 17 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 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Keiser

Tracked record

1–13–3

counted from 17 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 2–0

Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney have met 2 times; Tunney leads 2–0.
Met	1922Mar 3	1922Jul 7	Series
Fay KeiserFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Gene TunneyFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	NWSTunney vs Keiser	PTSTunney vs Keiser	2Meetings

The Numbers

Keiser 0 · Tunney 7 of 7 measurable rows

KeiserEdge = longer wingTunney

Record^†: 1-13-380-1-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 14.7%
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 3: 3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 6.5: 1.6
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85: 17
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: Fay Keiser: No height on file; Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Reachnot held: Fay Keiser: No reach on file; Gene Tunney: 76″
Agenot held: Fay Keiser: No date of birth; Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Stance: Fay Keiser: Not recorded; Gene Tunney: Orthodox

Fay Keiser 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

Fay Keiser1 win · from 17 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 — Fay Keiser 17, 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

KeiserFay Keiser

Opponent

TunneyGene Tunney

Fay Keiser
1–6–2 against
Loss, TKO 12
1924Mar 1924
Loss, NWS
1921Dec 1921
Loss, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Loss, PTS
1916Sep 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Jul 1915
Draw, NWS
1915Jun 1915
Win, NWS
1915May 1915
Draw, NWS
1914May 1914
Loss, NWS
1914Apr 1914
GrebHarry GrebUnited States 261–18–19 · MiddleweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 3–1–1 to 1–6–2
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
Fay Keiser
Loss, PTS
1923Jan 1923
SmithJeff SmithUnited States 141–34–5Tunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gene Tunney
Win, NWS
1924Dec 1924
Fay Keiser
Loss, NWS
1922Feb 1922
LoughranTommy LoughranUnited States 124–32–13Tunney betterGene Tunney better — 1–0 to 0–1
Gene Tunney
Win, NWS
1922Aug 1922
Fay Keiser
0–1–1 against
Draw, PTS
1920Oct 1920
Loss, PTS
1916Dec 1916
HauckLeo Florian HauckUnited States 144–36–23 · HeavyweightTunney betterGene Tunney better — 2–0 to 0–1–1
Gene Tunney
2–0 against
Win, NWS
1920Dec 1920
Win, NWS
1920Nov 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

Fay Keiser last boxed on Nov 11, 1924 — 37,232 days ago. Keiser had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Tunney Jul 1922Smith Jan 1923Greb Mar 1924Slattery Mar 1924Stribling Nov 19241.6 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 Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney ever fought each other?: Yes. Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney have met 2 times and Gene Tunney leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Keiser or Tunney?: Fay Keiser is 1-13-3 across the 17 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, Keiser or Tunney?: Fay Keiser has 0 knockout wins and Gene Tunney has 48. Gene Tunney has more.
Do Keiser and Tunney have any common opponents?: Fay Keiser and Gene Tunney share 4 common opponents: Harry Greb, Jeff Smith and Tommy Loughran (and 1 other). Gene Tunney fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Keiser and Tunney?: This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Fay Keiser and 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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