Have Al McCoy and Battling Ortega ever fought each other?

Yes. Al McCoy and Battling Ortega met once on January 9, 1918, and Battling Ortega won by PTS.

Who has the better record, McCoy or Ortega?

Al McCoy is 76-49-34 and Battling Ortega is 2-4-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Al McCoy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do McCoy and Ortega have any common opponents?

Al McCoy and Battling Ortega share 3 common opponents: Mike Gibbons, George Chip and Mike O'Dowd. Battling Ortega fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCoy and Ortega?

This comparison is drawn from 159 bouts tracked for Al McCoy and 8 bouts tracked for Battling Ortega. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Al McCoy vs Battling Ortega — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Al McCoy

Battling Ortega

Al McCoy (76-49-34) and Battling Ortega (2-4-2 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

McCoy

Wins

Losses

Draws159 tracked bouts

Ortega

Tracked record

2–4–2

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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.

Head to Head

Ortega leads 1–0

Al McCoy and Battling Ortega have met 1 time; Ortega leads 1–0.
Met	1918Jan 9	Series
Al McCoyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Battling OrtegaFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSMcCoy vs Ortega	1Meeting

McCoy vs Ortega · Jan 9, 1918

The Numbers

McCoy 4 · Ortega 1 of 5 measurable rows

McCoyEdge = longer wingOrtega

Record^†: 76-49-34 (edge)2-4-2
Win %0–100%: 58.5% (edge)
37.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 36% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 11: 11 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 159: 159
8

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Al McCoy: 5′8″; Battling Ortega: No height on file
Stance: Al McCoy: Southpaw; Battling Ortega: Not recorded

Al McCoy left, Battling Ortega right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Al McCoy76 wins · from 159 tracked bouts

27 by KO/TKO 36%4 on the cards 5%45 by another method or unrecorded 59%

Battling Ortega2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al McCoy 159, Battling Ortega 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · McCoy better on 1 · Ortega better on 23 shared · Al McCoy better on 1 · Battling Ortega better on 2

McCoyAl McCoy

Opponent

OrtegaBattling Ortega

Al McCoy
Loss, NWS
1914Feb 1914
GibbonsMike GibbonsUnited States 112–12–8McCoy betterAl McCoy better — 0–1 to 0–2
Battling Ortega
0–2 against
Loss, KO 1
1922Apr 1922
Loss, TKO 7
1921Sep 1921
Al McCoy
1–2 against
Loss, NWS
1916Jan 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Apr 1915
Win, KO 1
1914Apr 1914
ChipGeorge ChipLithuania 77–67–16Ortega betterBattling Ortega better — 1–0 to 1–2
Battling Ortega
Win, PTS
1921Feb 1921
Al McCoy
0–2 against
Loss, KO 3
1919Jul 1919
Loss, KO 6
1917Nov 1917
O'DowdMike O'DowdUnited States 93–16–7 · MiddleweightOrtega betterBattling Ortega better — 0–0–1 to 0–2
Battling Ortega
Draw, PTS
1920Jun 1920

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al McCoy last boxed on Dec 9, 1924 — 37,206 days ago. McCoy had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jack Matlock.LLDWL

Strong Aug 1923Brauchle Nov 1923Downey Feb 1924Beard Nov 1924Matlock Dec 192411 tracked bouts per year

Battling Ortega last boxed on Apr 8, 1922 — 38,182 days ago. Ortega had lost two straight, after one straight win.LDWLL

McTigue Jan 1919O'Dowd Jun 1920Chip Feb 1921Gibbons Sep 1921Gibbons Apr 19221.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Al McCoy and Battling Ortega ever fought each other?: Yes. Al McCoy and Battling Ortega met once on January 9, 1918, and Battling Ortega won by PTS.
Who has the better record, McCoy or Ortega?: Al McCoy is 76-49-34 and Battling Ortega is 2-4-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Al McCoy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do McCoy and Ortega have any common opponents?: Al McCoy and Battling Ortega share 3 common opponents: Mike Gibbons, George Chip and Mike O'Dowd. Battling Ortega fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCoy and Ortega?: This comparison is drawn from 159 bouts tracked for Al McCoy and 8 bouts tracked for Battling Ortega. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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