BOXER

Gene Tunney

1897 - 1978

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James Joseph Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928. He held the world heavyweight title from 1926 to 1928, and the American light heavyweight title twice between 1922 and 1923. A highly technical boxer, Tunney had a five-fight light heavyweight rivalry with Harry Greb in which he won three, lost once, and drew once, though many ringside reporters believed Greb should have won the decision in their second meeting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Tunney has received more than 1,224,884 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gene Tunney is the 53rd most popular boxer (up from 59th in 2019), the 4,716th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,540th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Boxer.

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  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Gene Tunney ranks 53 out of 496. Before him are Georges Carpentier, James J. Corbett, José Nápoles, Rocky Graziano, Emile Griffith, and Buster Douglas. After him are Oliver Kirk, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Bob Fitzsimmons, Pascual Pérez, and Julio César Chávez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Gene Tunney ranks 186. Before him are Zhou Fohai, Harald Sæverud, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Karel Lamač, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, and Ilya Ilf. After him are Isabelino Gradín, Friedrich Schulz, Janaki Ammal, Ramón Gil, Maximilian von Edelsheim, and Hersch Lauterpacht. Among people deceased in 1978, Gene Tunney ranks 133. Before him are Bob Crane, Artem Alikhanian, Robert Menzies, Liane Augustin, Charles Best, and Claude Dauphin. After him are Jean Nicolas, Alexander Gerschenkron, Lon L. Fuller, Georges Speicher, Roman Karmen, and Mario Varglien.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Tunney ranks 4,716 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Osborn (1899), William Cameron Menzies (1896), Matisyahu (1979), Malcom McLean (1913), Bridget Moynahan (1971), and Jesse Eisenberg (1983). After him are Theodore Lyman IV (1874), Thomas Friedman (1953), Robert Leckie (1920), Stormy Daniels (1979), William Hoyt (1875), and Claudette Colvin (1939).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Gene Tunney ranks 33. Before him are Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), Tommy Morrison (1969), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), and Buster Douglas (1960). After him are Oliver Kirk (1884), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Michael Spinks (1956), Carmen Basilio (1927), Jess Willard (1881), and Thomas Hearns (1958).

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