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Battling Shaw vs Jimmy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Jimmy Murphy

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Jimmy Murphy (2-11-3 across 17 tracked bouts) 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.

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 tracked bouts

Murphy

Tracked record

2–11–3

counted from 17 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

Shaw leads 1–0

Battling Shaw and Jimmy Murphy have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Jimmy Murphy have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1933Aug 28Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jimmy MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 5 · Murphy 1 of 6 measurable rows
ShawMurphy
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)2-11-3
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
21.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
41% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
17

† 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 Shaw: 5′7″
Jimmy Murphy: No height on file
Agenot held
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Jimmy Murphy: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Shaw: Orthodox
Jimmy Murphy: Not recorded

Battling Shaw left, Jimmy Murphy 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 Shaw79 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Battling Shaw: 79 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (41%), 35 on the cards (44%) and 12 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 41%35 on the cards 44%12 by another method or unrecorded 15%

Jimmy Murphy2 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Jimmy Murphy: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Jimmy Murphy 17 — 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 Shaw has lost seven straight. Shaw last boxed on Oct 1, 1936.LLLLL

Snipes Sep 1934Mexico Jul 1935Mack Nov 1935Saldana Apr 1936Velasco Oct 193612.8 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Murphy last boxed on Aug 28, 1933 — 34,021 days ago. Murphy had lost three straight.DDLLL

Taylor Jan 1921Taylor Feb 1921Taylor Mar 1921Lynch Jan 1924Shaw Aug 19330.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Jimmy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Jimmy Murphy met once on August 28, 1933, and Battling Shaw won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WAug 28, 1933 · Shaw · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Murphy?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Jimmy Murphy is 2-11-3 across the 17 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw79–29–971.4%

Murphy2–11–321.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Murphy?
Battling Shaw has 32 knockout wins and Jimmy Murphy has 0. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw3240.5%

Murphy0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Jimmy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 17 bouts tracked for Jimmy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Murphy17bouts

How They Win ↓

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