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Gene Tunney vs Johnny Ambrose — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Tunney

Johnny Ambrose

Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Johnny Ambrose (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

Draws85 tracked bouts

Ambrose

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 1–0

Gene Tunney and Johnny Ambrose have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.

Gene Tunney and Johnny Ambrose have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.
Met1921Jun 28Series
Gene TunneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny AmbroseFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Tunney 5 · Ambrose 0 of 5 measurable rows
TunneyAmbrose
Record†
80-1-3 (edge)0-1
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 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
1

† 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″
Johnny Ambrose: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gene Tunney: 76″
Johnny Ambrose: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gene Tunney: Died aged 81
Johnny Ambrose: No date of birth
Stance
Gene Tunney: Orthodox
Johnny Ambrose: Not recorded

Gene Tunney left, Johnny Ambrose 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%

Johnny Ambrose0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Ambrose: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ambrose yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Tunney 85, Johnny Ambrose 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Johnny Ambrose last boxed on Jun 28, 1921 — 38,467 days ago. Ambrose had lost the most recent, to Gene Tunney.L

Tunney Jun 1921

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Tunney and Johnny Ambrose ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Tunney and Johnny Ambrose met once on June 28, 1921, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 28, 1921 · Tunney · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tunney or Ambrose?
Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Johnny Ambrose is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Ambrose0–10%

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

Tunney4860%

Ambrose0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tunney and Ambrose have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Tunney and Johnny Ambrose have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tunney and Ambrose?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 1 bout tracked for Johnny Ambrose. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tunney85bouts

Ambrose1bout

How They Win ↓

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