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Benny Palmer vs Freddie Welsh — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Freddie Welsh

Benny Palmer (1-0-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) 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.

Palmer

Tracked record

1–0–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Welsh

121

Wins34 KO · 28%

29

Losses

17

Draws167 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Benny Palmer and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Benny Palmer and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1915Dec 9Series
Benny PalmerFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Freddie WelshFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Palmer 1 · Welsh 4 of 5 measurable rows
PalmerWelsh
Record†
1-0-1121-29-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.1%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
28% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—10.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
2
167

† 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

Reachnot held
Benny Palmer: No reach on file
Freddie Welsh: 69″
Agenot held
Benny Palmer: No date of birth
Freddie Welsh: Died aged 41

Benny Palmer left, Freddie Welsh right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Palmer1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Benny Palmer: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Freddie Welsh121 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Freddie Welsh: 121 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (28%), 36 on the cards (30%) and 51 by another method or unrecorded (42%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 28%36 on the cards 30%51 by another method or unrecorded 42%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Palmer 2, Freddie Welsh 167 — 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

Benny Palmer last boxed on Dec 9, 1915 — 40,493 days ago. Palmer had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Freddie Welsh.WD

Reagan Sep 1915Welsh Dec 1915

Freddie Welsh has lost the most recent, to Archie Walker. Welsh last boxed on Apr 15, 1922.WWWDL

Jackson May 1921Murphy May 1921Forbes Aug 1921Tait Aug 1921Walker Apr 192210.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Palmer and Freddie Welsh ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Palmer and Freddie Welsh met once on December 9, 1915, and the bout was a draw by NWS.
The meeting

DDec 9, 1915 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Palmer or Welsh?
Benny Palmer is 1-0-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17. Freddie Welsh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Palmer1–0–175%

Welsh121–29–1777.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Palmer or Welsh?
Benny Palmer has 0 knockout wins and Freddie Welsh has 34. Freddie Welsh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Palmer0

Welsh3428.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Palmer and Welsh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Palmer and Freddie Welsh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Palmer and Welsh?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Benny Palmer and 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Palmer2bouts

Welsh167bouts

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