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 Young Sharkey (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.
Gene Tunney vs Young Sharkey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Gene Tunney leads 1–0- Gene Tunney wonTunney vs SharkeyDec 15, 1916 · KO · R6
The Numbers
- 80-1-3 (edge)
- Record
- 0-3-1
- 97% (edge)
- Win %
- 12.5%
- 48 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 60%
- KO rate
- —
- 60%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.2
- 85
- Bouts tracked
- 4
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
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Tunney · 80 wins
KO/TKO
48
Decision
17
Other
15
Young Sharkey · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (85 and 4 respectively), 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
Gene Tunney
WWWWW
W13 streak · last fought Jul 26, 1928
Young Sharkey
LLDL
L2 streak · last fought Oct 13, 1922
Common Questions
- Have Gene Tunney and Young Sharkey ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Tunney and Young Sharkey met once on December 15, 1916, and Gene Tunney won by KO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Gene Tunney or Young Sharkey?
- Gene Tunney is 80-1-3 and Young Sharkey is 0-3-1 across the 4 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 Young Sharkey?
- Gene Tunney has 48 knockout wins and Young Sharkey has 0. Gene Tunney has more.
- Do Gene Tunney and Young Sharkey have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Tunney and Young Sharkey have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Tunney and Young Sharkey?
- This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Gene Tunney and 4 bouts tracked for Young Sharkey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.