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Battling Kelly vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Battling Kelly

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Young Stribling

Battling Kelly (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Young Stribling (256-16-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Stribling

256

Wins129 KO · 50%

16

Losses

17

Draws290 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

Stribling leads 2–0

Battling Kelly and Young Stribling have met 2 times; Stribling leads 2–0.

Battling Kelly and Young Stribling have met 2 times; Stribling leads 2–0.
Met1922Mar 131922Apr 21Series
Battling KellyFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Young StriblingFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Stribling 4 of 5 measurable rows
KellyStribling
Record†
0-3256-16-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 129
0
129 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.9
0.3
22.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 290
3
290

† 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
Battling Kelly: No date of birth
Young Stribling: Died aged 28
Stance
Battling Kelly: Not recorded
Young Stribling: Orthodox

Battling Kelly left, Young Stribling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Battling Kelly0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Battling Kelly: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

Young Stribling255 wins · from 290 tracked bouts

Young Stribling: 255 tracked wins — 128 by KO/TKO (50%), 93 on the cards (36%) and 34 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 290 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

128 by KO/TKO 50%93 on the cards 36%34 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Kelly 3, Young Stribling 290 — 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

Battling Kelly last boxed on Apr 21, 1922 — 38,180 days ago. Kelly had lost three straight.LLL

Chaney Oct 1910Stribling Mar 1922Stribling Apr 19220.3 tracked bouts per year

Young Stribling has won three straight since losing to Pierre Charles. Stribling last boxed on Sep 22, 1933.WLWWW

McCorkindale Dec 1932Charles Mar 1933Neron Aug 1933O'Dell Aug 1933Rosenbloom Sep 193322.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Kelly and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Kelly and Young Stribling have met 2 times and Young Stribling leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LApr 21, 1922 · Stribling · PTS

LMar 13, 1922 · Stribling · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Stribling?
Battling Kelly is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Stribling is 256-16-17. Young Stribling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly0–30%

Stribling256–16–1791.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Stribling?
Battling Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Stribling12950.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Stribling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Kelly and Young Stribling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Stribling?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Battling Kelly and 290 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly3bouts

Stribling290bouts

How They Win ↓

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