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.
Battling Owens (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) and George Godfrey (23-6-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Battling Owens vs George Godfrey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- George Godfrey wonGodfrey vs OwensDec 14, 1925 · KO · R3
- Battling Owens wonGodfrey vs OwensDec 13, 1923 · DQ · R5
The Numbers
- 2-2
- Record
- 23-6-14 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 69.8% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 18 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78.26%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 82% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 10
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 2.4 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 136
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- —
- Age
- 173
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- Canadian
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Owens · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
George Godfrey · 100 wins
KO/TKO
82
Decision
16
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 136 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedBattling Owens
LKO R7 · Sep 1922George Godfrey
LKO R1 · Aug 1921LKO R2 · Nov 1920DPTS · May 1920
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Owens
LWWL
L1 streak · last fought Dec 14, 1925
George Godfrey
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Aug 10, 1937
Common Questions
- Have Battling Owens and George Godfrey ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Owens and George Godfrey have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Battling Owens or George Godfrey?
- Battling Owens is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Godfrey is 23-6-14. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Owens or George Godfrey?
- Battling Owens has 0 knockout wins and George Godfrey has 18. George Godfrey has more.
- Do Battling Owens and George Godfrey have any common opponents?
- Battling Owens and George Godfrey share 1 common opponent: Sam Langford. Battling Owens fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Owens and George Godfrey?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Battling Owens and 136 bouts tracked for George Godfrey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.