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Bill Burgess vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Burgess

🇳🇿FEATHERWEIGHT

Torpedo Billy Murphy

Bill Burgess (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Burgess

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

Draws194 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

Murphy leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Bill Burgess and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 3 times; Murphy leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Bill Burgess and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 3 times; Murphy leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1886Jul 101887Feb 151887Feb 19Series
Bill BurgessFighter ALLostResult pendingDDraw0–1–1W–L–D
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BWWonResult pendingDDraw1–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSNDPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Burgess 1 · Murphy 3 of 4 measurable rows
BurgessMurphy
Record†
0-1-190-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76
0
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 30
0 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
2
194

† 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
Bill Burgess: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Bill Burgess: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Bill Burgess: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Bill Burgess left, Torpedo Billy 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
Bill Burgess0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bill Burgess: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burgess yet.

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Burgess 2, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — 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

Bill Burgess last boxed on Feb 19, 1887 — 51,022 days ago. Burgess had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Torpedo Billy Murphy.LD

Murphy Jul 1886Murphy Feb 1887

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Burgess and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Burgess and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 3 times and Torpedo Billy Murphy leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

DFeb 19, 1887 · Draw · PTS

Feb 15, 1887 · Result pending · ND

LJul 10, 1886 · Murphy · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burgess or Murphy?
Bill Burgess is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Torpedo Billy Murphy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Burgess0–1–125%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Burgess or Murphy?
Bill Burgess has 0 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Burgess0

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burgess and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Burgess and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burgess and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bill Burgess and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burgess2bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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