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Gene Tunney vs Jack Clifford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Tunney

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Jack Clifford

Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Jack Clifford (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

Draws85 tracked bouts

Clifford

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Gene Tunney and Jack Clifford have met 3 times; Tunney leads 3–0.

Gene Tunney and Jack Clifford have met 3 times; Tunney leads 3–0.
Met1920Apr 91922Feb 111923May 7Series
Gene TunneyFighter AWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
Jack CliffordFighter BLLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
ResultKOR3TKOR6TKOR83Meetings

The Numbers

Tunney 6 · Clifford 0 of 6 measurable rows
TunneyClifford
Record†
80-1-3 (edge)0-10
Win %0–100%
97% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 7
0 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
10

† 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
Gene Tunney: 6′0″
Jack Clifford: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gene Tunney: 76″
Jack Clifford: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Jack Clifford: Died aged 72
Stance
Gene Tunney: Orthodox
Jack Clifford: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Jack Clifford0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Jack Clifford: no tracked wins in the 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Clifford yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Tunney 85, Jack Clifford 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tunney better on 2

Tunney

Opponent

Clifford

  • Gene Tunney

    Win, KO 12

    1925

    GibbonsTunney better

    Jack Clifford

    Loss, KO 3

    1921

  • Gene Tunney

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1920

    HauckTunney better

    Jack Clifford

    Loss, NWS

    1919

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

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

Jack Clifford has lost ten straight. Clifford last boxed on May 7, 1923.LLLLL

Hauck Mar 1919Tunney Apr 1920Gibbons May 1921Tunney Feb 1922Tunney May 19230.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Tunney and Jack Clifford ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Tunney and Jack Clifford have met 3 times and Gene Tunney leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

WMay 7, 1923 · Tunney · TKO R8

WFeb 11, 1922 · Tunney · TKO R6

WApr 9, 1920 · Tunney · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tunney or Clifford?
Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Jack Clifford is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gene Tunney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tunney80–1–397%

Clifford0–100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tunney or Clifford?
Gene Tunney has 48 knockout wins and Jack Clifford has 0. Gene Tunney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tunney4860%

Clifford0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tunney and Clifford have any common opponents?
Gene Tunney and Jack Clifford share 2 common opponents: Tommy Gibbons and Leo Florian Hauck. Gene Tunney fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tommy GibbonsWL

Leo Florian HauckWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tunney and Clifford?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 10 bouts tracked for Jack Clifford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tunney85bouts

Clifford10bouts

How They Win ↓

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