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Gene Tunney vs Jimmy Delaney — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Tunney

Jimmy Delaney

Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Jimmy Delaney (2-7-1 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

Draws85 tracked bouts

Delaney

Tracked record

2–7–1

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 2–0

Gene Tunney and Jimmy Delaney have met 2 times; Tunney leads 2–0.

Gene Tunney and Jimmy Delaney have met 2 times; Tunney leads 2–0.
Met1923May 161924Mar 17Series
Gene TunneyFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Jimmy DelaneyFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Tunney 6 · Delaney 0 of 6 measurable rows
TunneyDelaney
Record†
80-1-3 (edge)2-7-1
Win %0–100%
97% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
2.5
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″
Jimmy Delaney: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gene Tunney: 76″
Jimmy Delaney: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Jimmy Delaney: No date of birth
Stance
Gene Tunney: Orthodox
Jimmy Delaney: Not recorded

Gene Tunney left, Jimmy Delaney 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%

Jimmy Delaney2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Jimmy Delaney: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tunney better on 2

Tunney

Opponent

Delaney

  • Gene Tunney

    3–1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1925

    Draw, NWS

    1924

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, SD

    1923

    Loss, UD

    1922

    GrebTunney better

    Jimmy Delaney

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1925

    Loss, PTS

    1924

    Loss, PTS

    1923

  • Gene Tunney

    Win, NWS

    1922

    LoughranTunney better

    Jimmy Delaney

    Draw, PTS

    1923

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

Jimmy Delaney last boxed on Feb 14, 1927 — 36,411 days ago. Delaney had won once since losing a decision to Young Stribling.LLWLW

Stribling Jan 1925Greb Jan 1925Stribling Feb 1925Stribling Aug 1925Rosenbloom Feb 19272.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Tunney and Jimmy Delaney ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Tunney and Jimmy Delaney have met 2 times and Gene Tunney leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WMar 17, 1924 · Tunney · NWS

WMay 16, 1923 · Tunney · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tunney or Delaney?
Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Jimmy Delaney is 2-7-1 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%

Delaney2–7–125%

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

Tunney4860%

Delaney0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tunney and Delaney have any common opponents?
Gene Tunney and Jimmy Delaney share 2 common opponents: Harry Greb and Tommy Loughran. Gene Tunney fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Harry Greb3–1–1L

Tommy LoughranWD

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

Tunney85bouts

Delaney10bouts

How They Win ↓

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