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Gene Tunney vs Tommy Gavigan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Tunney

Tommy Gavigan

Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Tommy Gavigan (0-6-1 across 7 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.

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

Draws85 tracked bouts

Gavigan

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Gene Tunney and Tommy Gavigan have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Gene Tunney and Tommy Gavigan have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1918Dec 20Series
Gene TunneyFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Tommy GaviganFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Tunney 6 · Gavigan 0 of 6 measurable rows
TunneyGavigan
Record†
80-1-3 (edge)0-6-1
Win %0–100%
97% (edge)
7.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
7

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

Gene Tunney left, Tommy Gavigan 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%

Tommy Gavigan0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Tommy Gavigan: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gavigan yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Tunney 85, Tommy Gavigan 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Tunney better on 2

Tunney

Opponent

Gavigan

  • Gene Tunney

    3–1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1925

    Draw, NWS

    1924

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, SD

    1923

    Loss, UD

    1922

    GrebTunney better

    Tommy Gavigan

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 5

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1915

  • Gene Tunney

    2–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1920

    HauckTunney better

    Tommy Gavigan

    Loss, TKO

    1914

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

Tommy Gavigan last boxed on Dec 20, 1918 — 39,397 days ago. Gavigan had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Gene Tunney.LLLLD

Chip Sep 1913Hauck Sep 1914Greb Jul 1915Greb Mar 1917Tunney Dec 19181.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Tunney and Tommy Gavigan ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Tunney and Tommy Gavigan met once on December 20, 1918, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DDec 20, 1918 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tunney or Gavigan?
Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Tommy Gavigan is 0-6-1 across the 7 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%

Gavigan0–6–17.1%

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

Tunney4860%

Gavigan0

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

Harry Greb3–1–1L

Leo Florian HauckWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tunney and Gavigan?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 7 bouts tracked for Tommy Gavigan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tunney85bouts

Gavigan7bouts

How They Win ↓

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