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Gene Tunney vs Whitey Wenzel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gene Tunney

Whitey Wenzel

Gene Tunney (80-1-3) and Whitey Wenzel (1-9-3 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Tunney

80

Wins48 KO · 60%

1

Loss

3

Draws85 tracked bouts

Wenzel

Tracked record

1–9–3

counted from 13 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 1–0

Gene Tunney and Whitey Wenzel have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.

Gene Tunney and Whitey Wenzel have met 1 time; Tunney leads 1–0.
Met1922Feb 14Series
Gene TunneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Whitey WenzelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Tunney 7 · Wenzel 0 of 7 measurable rows
TunneyWenzel
Record†
80-1-3 (edge)1-9-3
Win %0–100%
97% (edge)
19.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
13

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

Gene Tunney left, Whitey Wenzel 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%

Whitey Wenzel1 win · from 13 tracked bouts

Whitey Wenzel: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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, Whitey Wenzel 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Tunney better on 1

Tunney

Opponent

Wenzel

  • Gene Tunney

    3–1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1925

    Draw, NWS

    1924

    Win, UD

    1923

    Win, SD

    1923

    Loss, UD

    1922

    GrebTunney better

    Whitey Wenzel

    0–7–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Draw, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Draw, NWS

    1914

    Draw, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    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

Whitey Wenzel last boxed on Feb 14, 1922 — 38,235 days ago. Wenzel had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Gene Tunney.LLLWL

Greb Jun 1916Greb Dec 1917McTigue May 1919Chip Apr 1921Tunney Feb 19221.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gene Tunney and Whitey Wenzel ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Tunney and Whitey Wenzel met once on February 14, 1922, and Gene Tunney won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1922 · Tunney · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tunney or Wenzel?
Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Whitey Wenzel is 1-9-3 across the 13 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%

Wenzel1–9–319.2%

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

Tunney4860%

Wenzel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Tunney and Wenzel have any common opponents?
Gene Tunney and Whitey Wenzel share 1 common opponent: Harry Greb. Gene Tunney fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Harry Greb3–1–10–7–3

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tunney and Wenzel?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 13 bouts tracked for Whitey Wenzel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tunney85bouts

Wenzel13bouts

How They Win ↓

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