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Gene Jones

4324 KOs

104 KOs

2Draws

No contest: 1

Last six: W-W-W-W-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

56

rounds

304

KO %

55.8%

KO wins

24

KO losses

4

career

1946–1954

debut

1946-01-03

last fight

1954-05-07

Profile

alias

Tiger

sex

M

height

6′ 3″ / 191cm

nationality

United States

origin

Philadelphia, PA

city / state / zip

Camden, New Jersey

dob

0000-00-00

Latest news

Gene Collier: Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. resurrect a terrible idea - Pittsburgh Post

2020-08-30 · Gazette

‘Tunney’ packs punch but it’s not a knockout

2007-01-03 · Boston Herald,United States

The golden age of sports mined a rich vein of glittering heroes. There was Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat; Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost; Bill Tilden in tennis; and Bobby Jones on the links. And there was Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler, who was beaten in two famous fights by a forgotten hero, Gene Tunney, the Fighting Marine.…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

Bert Whitehurst

16 3 0

L-TKO

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

4 of 6 · 209 / 195 lbs · 1:08

Referee: Abe Simon

15 7 0

L-PTS

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 6 · 211 / 205 lbs

Bert Whitehurst

15 1 0

W-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

8 of 8 · 212 / 186 lbs

11 7 1

W-PTS

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10 · 208 / 199 lbs

27 8 2

W-PTS

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, United States

8 of 8 · 213 / 212 lbs

21 7 2

W-KO

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, United States

2 · 212 / 217 lbs

2 9 0

W-KO

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2

13 8 4

W-KO

Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium

4

16 9 5

W-TKO

Rote Erde Stadion, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

5 of 8

7 14 2

W-KO

Winter Velodrome, Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium

1 of 10

24 6 6

W-KO

MÃƒÂ¼ngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

4 of 10

17 1 3

L-PTS

Waldbuhne Stadion, Berlin, Germany

10 of 10

Wilson Kohlbrecher

13 3 4

W-KO

Funkturmhalle, Berlin, Germany

3 of 10

Wilson Kohlbrecher

13 3 4

?-NC

Funkturmhalle, Berlin, Germany

2 of 10

14 4 5

W-PTS

Planten und Blomen, Hamburg, Germany

8 of 8 · 207 / 195 lbs

24 4 5

W-KO

Waldbuehne, Westend, Berlin, Germany

5 of 10 · 196 / 184 lbs

Wilson Kohlbrecher

11 1 3

W-TKO

Waldbuhne Stadion, Berlin, Germany

6 of 10 · 204 / 212 lbs

Adolf Kleinholdermann

10 4 1

W-KO

Waldbuhne Stadion, Berlin, Germany

1 of 6 · 205 / 192 lbs

Omelio Agramonte

22 1 0

L-KO

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

2

17 2 2

D-PTS

Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 6 · 201 / 205 lbs

5 9 0

W-KO

Rochester, New York, United States

2

Sandy McPherson

19 17 2

W-PTS

Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8 of 8 · 202 / 223 lbs

Dusty Wilkerson

20 4 0

W-PTS

Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8 of 8 · 201 / 180 lbs

7 1 0

W-PTS

Miami, Florida, United States

10 of 10

Dusty Wilkerson

18 4 0

L-PTS

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

8 of 8 · 200 lbs

16 6 0

W-PTS

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

8 of 8

Sandy McPherson

18 14 2

W-PTS

New London, Connecticut, United States

8 of 8

15 4 0

W-DQ

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

5 of 8 · 203 / 214 lbs

Referee: Abe Simon

13 2 1

W-PTS

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10

9 1 1

W-PTS

Waltz Dream Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10 · 201 / 189 lbs

Sandy McPherson

15 13 2

W-PTS

114th Infantry Armory, Camden, New Jersey, United States

8 of 8 · 202 / 207 lbs

21 8 2

W-KO

Public Service Ball Park, Camden, New Jersey, United States

2 of 10 · 166 / 186 lbs

9 11 0

W-KO

New London, Connecticut, United States

4 · 204 / 212 lbs

Dusty Wilkerson

13 3 0

L-PTS

Convention Hall, Camden, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10 · 207 / 184 lbs

Sandy McPherson

13 9 2

W-PTS

Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

10 of 10 · 204 / 224 lbs

18 18 1

W-TKO

Convention Hall, Camden, New Jersey, United States

8 of 10 · 205 / 216 lbs

22 11 3

W-KO

Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

3 of 8 · 206 / 190 lbs

12 4 3

W-KO

Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

4 of 8 · 206 / 191 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

1

8 5 3

L-KO

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

7

Willis Applegate

5 2 0

W-TKO

Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

3 of 8 · 200 / 196 lbs

26 5 0

W-PTS

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

10 of 10 · 197 / 182 lbs

Sandy McPherson

12 6 1

D-PTS

New London, Connecticut, United States

8 of 8 · 203 / 223 lbs

Sandy McPherson

10 6 1

L-PTS

New London, Connecticut, United States

8 of 8 · 202 / 222 lbs

6 5 1

W-PTS

Public Service Ball Park, Camden, New Jersey, United States

6 of 6 · 202 / 198 lbs

3 2 1

W-KO

New London, Connecticut, United States

3

7 0 2

W-KO

Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

1

9 10 1

W-KO

Griffith Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

2

2 4 0

W-TKO

New London, Connecticut, United States

2 · 205 / 228 lbs

7 5 0

W-KO

Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

2 of 6 · 200 / 205 lbs