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Battling Murphy vs Harry Greb — record, stats and common opponents compared

Battling Murphy

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Harry Greb

Battling Murphy (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Harry Greb (261-18-19) 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.

Murphy

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Greb

261

Wins49 KO · 19%

18

Losses

19

Draws299 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

Greb leads 1–0

Battling Murphy and Harry Greb have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.

Battling Murphy and Harry Greb have met 1 time; Greb leads 1–0.
Met1913Jul 19Series
Battling MurphyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Harry GrebFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Murphy 0 · Greb 5 of 5 measurable rows
MurphyGreb
Record†
0-2-1261-18-19 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
90.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 49
0
49 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—18.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—19%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 22.5
1.3
22.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 299
3
299

† 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
Battling Murphy: No height on file
Harry Greb: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Battling Murphy: No reach on file
Harry Greb: 71″
Agenot held
Battling Murphy: No date of birth
Harry Greb: Died aged 32
Stance
Battling Murphy: Not recorded
Harry Greb: Orthodox

Battling Murphy left, Harry Greb 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 Murphy0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

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

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

Harry Greb261 wins · from 299 tracked bouts

Harry Greb: 261 tracked wins — 49 by KO/TKO (19%), 58 on the cards (22%) and 154 by another method or unrecorded (59%). Counted from 299 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

49 by KO/TKO 19%58 on the cards 22%154 by another method or unrecorded 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Murphy 3, Harry Greb 299 — 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 Murphy last boxed on Oct 18, 1915 — 40,553 days ago. Murphy had lost the most recent, to Arthur Susskind.LDL

Greb Jul 1913Susskind Mar 1915Susskind Oct 19151.3 tracked bouts per year

Harry Greb had won two in a row before losing a decision to Tiger Flowers. Greb last boxed on Aug 19, 1926.WLWWL

Phelps Feb 1926Flowers Feb 1926Weigand Jun 1926Gans Jun 1926Flowers Aug 192622.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Murphy and Harry Greb ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Murphy and Harry Greb met once on July 19, 1913, and Harry Greb won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJul 19, 1913 · Greb · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Murphy or Greb?
Battling Murphy is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Greb is 261-18-19. Harry Greb has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Murphy0–2–116.7%

Greb261–18–1990.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Murphy or Greb?
Battling Murphy has 0 knockout wins and Harry Greb has 49. Harry Greb has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Murphy0

Greb4918.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Murphy and Greb have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Murphy and Harry Greb have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Murphy and Greb?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Battling Murphy and 299 bouts tracked for Harry Greb. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Murphy3bouts

Greb299bouts

How They Win ↓

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