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Battling Owens vs George Godfrey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Battling Owens

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George Godfrey

Battling Owens (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) and George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) 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.

Owens

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 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

Series level 1–1

Battling Owens and George Godfrey have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Battling Owens and George Godfrey have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1923Dec 131925Dec 14Series
Battling OwensFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
George GodfreyFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultDQR5KOR32Meetings

The Numbers

Owens 1 · Godfrey 5 of 6 measurable rows
OwensGodfrey
Record†
2-298-21-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
81.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 79
0
79 (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
82% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
1.2
7.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
4
127

† 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 Owens: No date of birth
George Godfrey: Died aged 50
Stance
Battling Owens: Not recorded
George Godfrey: Orthodox

Battling Owens left, George Godfrey 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 Owens2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Battling Owens: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

George Godfrey98 wins · from 127 tracked bouts

George Godfrey: 98 tracked wins — 80 by KO/TKO (82%), 16 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

80 by KO/TKO 82%16 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Owens 4, George Godfrey 127 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Owens better on 1

Owens

Opponent

Godfrey

  • Battling Owens

    Loss, KO 7

    1922

    LangfordOwens better

    George Godfrey

    0–2–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1921

    Loss, KO 2

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1920

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

Battling Owens last boxed on Dec 14, 1925 — 36,842 days ago. Owens had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to George Godfrey.LWWL

Langford Sep 1922Godfrey Dec 1923Fall Jan 1924Godfrey Dec 19251.2 tracked bouts per year

George Godfrey had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Hank Hankinson. Godfrey last boxed on Aug 10, 1937.WLWWL

Pavelescu Jun 1935Spakow Jun 1935Charles Oct 1935Wells Aug 1936Hankinson Aug 19377.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

LDec 14, 1925 · Godfrey · KO R3

WDec 13, 1923 · Owens · DQ R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Owens or Godfrey?
Battling Owens is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Owens2–250%

Godfrey98–21–381.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Owens or Godfrey?
Battling Owens has 0 knockout wins and George Godfrey has 79. George Godfrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Owens0

Godfrey79

The Numbers ↓
Do Owens and Godfrey have any common opponents?
Battling Owens and George Godfrey share 1 common opponent: Sam Langford. Battling Owens fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sam LangfordL0–2–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Owens and Godfrey?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Battling Owens and 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Owens4bouts

Godfrey127bouts

How They Win ↓

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