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.
Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Johnny Risko (17-18 across 35 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Gene Tunney vs Johnny Risko — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gene Tunney leads 1–0- Gene Tunney wonTunney vs RiskoNov 18, 1925 · NWS
The Numbers
- 80-1-3 (edge)
- Record
- 17-18
- 97% (edge)
- Win %
- 48.6%
- 48 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 60%
- KO rate
- —
- 60% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 1
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.8
- 85
- Bouts tracked
- 35
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- Height
- —
- 76″ (193 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 129
- Age
- 123
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Tunney · 80 wins
KO/TKO
48
Decision
17
Other
15
Johnny Risko · 17 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
17
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (85 and 35 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedGene Tunney
WNWS · Aug 1922Johnny Risko
WUD · Aug 1934WSD · Jul 1933LPTS · Oct 1931LUD · Feb 1927LPTS · Sep 1926LPTS · Jul 1926
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gene Tunney
WWWWW
W13 streak · last fought Jul 26, 1928
Johnny Risko
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Dec 17, 1937
Common Questions
- Have Gene Tunney and Johnny Risko ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Tunney and Johnny Risko met once on November 18, 1925, and Gene Tunney won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Gene Tunney or Johnny Risko?
- Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Johnny Risko is 17-18 across the 35 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Gene Tunney or Johnny Risko?
- Gene Tunney has 48 knockout wins and Johnny Risko has 0. Gene Tunney has more.
- Do Gene Tunney and Johnny Risko have any common opponents?
- Gene Tunney and Johnny Risko share 2 common opponents: Tommy Loughran and Tom Heeney. Gene Tunney fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Tunney and Johnny Risko?
- This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 35 bouts tracked for Johnny Risko. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.