World heavyweight titles
1
Professional wins
65
Career losses
1
Knockouts
48
Title defences
2
Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 74
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
Editorial season form index (0–100), not raw goals or points. Raw season-by-season statistics are shown only where fully verified.
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 1 | |
| 1923 | 2 | |
| 1924 | 2 | |
| 1925 | 2 | |
| 1926 | 1 | |
| 1927 | 1 | |
| 1928 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- The Ring
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
Last verified: 2026-09-14
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Gene Tunney ranks #144 in Boxing
Gene Tunney ranks #144 in Boxing and #1185 of 5087 across all sports. The verified GOAT Score is 84.4/100.
The verified career covers 1915–1928 and 7 documented seasons. Peak is 92/100, with Peak the strongest category at 92/100 (20% weight). Key metrics: World heavyweight titles 1, Professional wins 65, Career losses 1, Knockouts 48.
Nearest context: ahead Mike Gibbons (84.5); behind Winky Wright (84.4). Rankings update whenever verified records change.
Gene Tunney GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Dominance: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Peak: 92/100, based on the verified career record.
- Longevity74/100 · weight 20%
- Longevity: 74/100, based on the verified career record.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Honours: 84/100, based on the verified career record.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Statistics: 86/100, based on the verified career record.
Top Tunney comparisons
Gene Tunney — frequently asked
- Is Gene Tunney the GOAT?
- According to GOAT Rank's current data model, Gene Tunney ranks #144 in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 84.4/100, behind Sugar Ray Robinson (94.3).
- What is Gene Tunney's GOAT Score?
- 84.4/100, calculated from the verified career record: Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 74 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%).
- Where does Gene Tunney rank all time?
- #1185 of 5087 eligible athletes across all sports and #144 in Boxing.
- Gene Tunney vs Mike Gibbons: who ranks higher?
- Mike Gibbons ranks higher at 84.5 versus Gene Tunney at 84.4, a margin of 0.1 points.