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Bert Forbes vs Freddie Welsh — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bert Forbes

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Freddie Welsh

Bert Forbes (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Forbes

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Welsh leads 1–0

Bert Forbes and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.

Bert Forbes and Freddie Welsh have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.
Met1921Aug 17Series
Bert ForbesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Freddie WelshFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Forbes 1 · Welsh 3 of 4 measurable rows
ForbesWelsh
Record†
0-1121-29-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.1%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—28%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—10.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
1
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
Bert Forbes: No reach on file
Freddie Welsh: 69″
Agenot held
Bert Forbes: No date of birth
Freddie Welsh: Died aged 41

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bert Forbes0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Bert Forbes: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Forbes yet.

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 — Bert Forbes 1, 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

Bert Forbes last boxed on Aug 17, 1921 — 38,414 days ago. Forbes had lost the most recent, to Freddie Welsh.L

Welsh Aug 1921

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 Bert Forbes and Freddie Welsh ever fought each other?
Yes. Bert Forbes and Freddie Welsh met once on August 17, 1921, and Freddie Welsh won by PTS.
The meeting

LAug 17, 1921 · Welsh · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Forbes or Welsh?
Bert Forbes is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Forbes0–10%

Welsh121–29–1777.5%

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

Forbes0

Welsh3428.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Forbes and Welsh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bert Forbes and Freddie Welsh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Forbes and Welsh?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bert Forbes and 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Forbes1bout

Welsh167bouts

How They Win ↓

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