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Artie Root vs Johnny Kilbane — record, stats and common opponents compared

Artie Root

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Johnny Kilbane

Artie Root (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Johnny Kilbane (110-17-15) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Root

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kilbane

110

Wins24 KO · 22%

17

Losses

15

Draws143 tracked bouts

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

Kilbane leads 1–0

Artie Root and Johnny Kilbane have met 1 time; Kilbane leads 1–0.

Artie Root and Johnny Kilbane have met 1 time; Kilbane leads 1–0.
Met1920Jul 28Series
Artie RootFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny KilbaneFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Root 1 · Kilbane 4 of 5 measurable rows
RootKilbane
Record†
0-3110-17-15 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—21.82%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—22%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.2
0.9
9.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
3
143

† 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

Agenot held
Artie Root: No date of birth
Johnny Kilbane: Died aged 68

Artie Root left, Johnny Kilbane right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Artie Root0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Artie Root: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Root yet.

Johnny Kilbane110 wins · from 143 tracked bouts

Johnny Kilbane: 110 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (22%), 25 on the cards (23%) and 61 by another method or unrecorded (55%). Counted from 143 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 22%25 on the cards 23%61 by another method or unrecorded 55%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Artie Root 3, Johnny Kilbane 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Artie Root last boxed on Jul 28, 1920 — 38,801 days ago. Root had lost three straight.LLL

Tendler Feb 1917Wolfe Feb 1919Kilbane Jul 19200.9 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Kilbane had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Eugène Criqui. Kilbane last boxed on Jun 2, 1923.WLWWL

Jacks May 1920Chaney Jun 1920Root Jul 1920Frush Sep 1920Criqui Jun 19239.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Artie Root and Johnny Kilbane ever fought each other?
Yes. Artie Root and Johnny Kilbane met once on July 28, 1920, and Johnny Kilbane won by NWS.
The meeting

LJul 28, 1920 · Kilbane · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Kilbane?
Artie Root is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Kilbane is 110-17-15. Johnny Kilbane has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Root0–30%

Kilbane110–17–1582.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Root or Kilbane?
Artie Root has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Kilbane has 24. Johnny Kilbane has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Root0

Kilbane2421.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Kilbane have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Artie Root and Johnny Kilbane have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Kilbane?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Artie Root and 143 bouts tracked for Johnny Kilbane. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root3bouts

Kilbane143bouts

How They Win ↓

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