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Barney Ross vs Midget Mike O'Dowd — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Barney Ross

Midget Mike O'Dowd

Barney Ross (74-4-3) and Midget Mike O'Dowd (2-5-1 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 1 common opponent.

Ross

74

Wins22 KO · 30%

4

Losses

3

Draws81 tracked bouts

O'Dowd

Tracked record

2–5–1

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

Ross leads 1–0

Barney Ross and Midget Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.

Barney Ross and Midget Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; Ross leads 1–0.
Met1931Apr 8Series
Barney RossFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Midget Mike O'DowdFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ross 6 · O'Dowd 1 of 7 measurable rows
RossO'Dowd
Record†
74-4-3 (edge)2-5-1
Win %0–100%
93.2% (edge)
31.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
29.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
30%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 9.3
9.3 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 81
81
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
Barney Ross: 5′7″
Midget Mike O'Dowd: No height on file
Reachnot held
Barney Ross: 67″
Midget Mike O'Dowd: No reach on file
Agenot held
Barney Ross: Died aged 57
Midget Mike O'Dowd: No date of birth
Stance
Barney Ross: Orthodox
Midget Mike O'Dowd: Not recorded

Barney Ross left, Midget Mike O'Dowd right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Barney Ross74 wins · from 81 tracked bouts

Barney Ross: 74 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (30%), 50 on the cards (68%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 81 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 30%50 on the cards 68%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Midget Mike O'Dowd2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Midget Mike O'Dowd: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barney Ross 81, Midget Mike O'Dowd 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Ross

Opponent

O'Dowd

  • Barney Ross

    1–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    1935

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    KlickEven

    Midget Mike O'Dowd

    Win, KO 3

    1928

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

Barney Ross had won four in a row before losing a decision to Henry Armstrong. Ross last boxed on May 31, 1938.WWWWL

Manfredo Aug 1937Garcia Sep 1937Schaft Apr 1938Venner Apr 1938Armstrong May 19389.3 tracked bouts per year

Midget Mike O'Dowd last boxed on Nov 9, 1931 — 34,685 days ago. O'Dowd had lost the most recent, to Petey Sarron.LLLDL

Miller Aug 1929Miller Sep 1929Ross Apr 1931Sarron Jul 1931Sarron Nov 19311.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barney Ross and Midget Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?
Yes. Barney Ross and Midget Mike O'Dowd met once on April 8, 1931, and Barney Ross won by PTS.
The meeting

WApr 8, 1931 · Ross · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ross or O'Dowd?
Barney Ross is 74-4-3 and Midget Mike O'Dowd is 2-5-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Barney Ross has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ross74–4–393.2%

O'Dowd2–5–131.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ross or O'Dowd?
Barney Ross has 22 knockout wins and Midget Mike O'Dowd has 1. Barney Ross has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ross2229.7%

O'Dowd1

The Numbers ↓
Do Ross and O'Dowd have any common opponents?
Barney Ross and Midget Mike O'Dowd share 1 common opponent: Frankie Klick. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Frankie Klick1–0–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ross and O'Dowd?
This comparison is drawn from 81 bouts tracked for Barney Ross and 8 bouts tracked for Midget Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ross81bouts

O'Dowd8bouts

How They Win ↓

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