H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Gene Tunney
Heavyweight · United States
Gene Tunney ranks #44 in the H&G All-Time Index at Heavyweight, with a 89.20 All-Time Index score and a 65-1-1 professional record. His best wins on record include Harry Greb, Tommy Gibbons and Tommy Loughran. His career span on this page is 1915-1928.
- All-time rank
- #44Elite Greats
- H&G All-Time Index
- 89.200-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 65-1-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1915-1928
- Data Confidence
- HighDeep career evidence and a tighter peak-rating band in this release. Close ranks still need boxing judgement.
Career story
How Gene Tunney's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Signature wins
- Harry Greb - 1925 - signature win
- Tommy Gibbons - 1925 - signature win
- Tommy Loughran - 1922 - signature win
- Jack Dempsey - 1927 - signature win
- Jeff Smith - 1924 - signature win
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1915 | 1,775 |
| 1916 | 1,814 |
| 1917 | 1,859 |
| 1918 | 1,904 |
| 1919 | 1,957 |
| 1920 | 2,002 |
| 1921 | 2,044 |
| 1922 | 2,084 |
| 1923 | 2,118 |
| 1924 | 2,133 |
| 1925 | 2,140 |
| 1926 | 2,141 |
| 1927 | 2,140 |
| 1928 | 2,137 |
Why this ranking
Gene Tunney ranks #44 with a 89.20 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Harry Greb in 1925, who reached a 2,047 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Harry Greb 5 times, going 3-1-1 across that series. Holding the score back, dominance over contemporaries sits below the field of ranked fighters in this release. Our fight-by-fight records do not add up to his full public win-loss-draw total, so the head-to-head details here are a partial picture. Peak-form Elo is 2,141 (±256), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Gene Tunney actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Harry Greb#29 · Index 91 · 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
- Jack Dempsey#33 · Index 91 · 1926, 1927
- Tommy Loughran#58 · Index 88 · 1922
- Tommy Gibbons#94 · Index 84 · 1925
- Jeff Smith#458 · Index 76 · 1924
- Georges Carpentier#507 · Index 75 · 1924
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- Battling Levinsky#521 · Index 75 · 1922
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Mickey Walker#20 · Light Heavyweight · 6 overlapping years (1923-1928)
- Jack Johnson#57 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1915-1928)
- Ted Kid Lewis#91 · Light Heavyweight · 12 overlapping years (1917-1928)
- Jack Dillon#101 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1915-1923)
- Harry Wills#120 · Heavyweight · 14 overlapping years (1915-1928)
- Sam Langford#146 · Heavyweight · 8 overlapping years (1919-1926)
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- Joe Jennette#173 · Heavyweight · 5 overlapping years (1915-1919)
- Tiger Flowers#192 · Light Heavyweight · 5 overlapping years (1923-1927)
- Billy Miske#229 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 9 overlapping years (1915-1923)
- Jimmy Slattery#262 · Light Heavyweight · 6 overlapping years (1923-1928)
- Jack Delaney#278 · Light Heavyweight / Cruiserweight · 10 overlapping years (1919-1928)
- Jack Sharkey#408 · Cruiserweight / Heavyweight · 5 overlapping years (1924-1928)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Gene Tunney also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 82 bouts we hold full data for from 1915 to 1928, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 2,141 (peak dated 1926-09-23). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±256 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.