Have Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia ever fought each other?

Yes. Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia met once on January 15, 1945, and Bill McDowell won by PTS.

Who has the better record, McDowell or Garcia?

Bill McDowell is 3-11-1 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ceferino Garcia is 120-30-14. Ceferino Garcia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, McDowell or Garcia?

Bill McDowell has 0 knockout wins and Ceferino Garcia has 76. Ceferino Garcia has more.

Do McDowell and Garcia have any common opponents?

Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia share 5 common opponents: Kid Azteca, Lloyd Marshall and Izzy Jannazzo (and 2 others). Ceferino Garcia fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McDowell and Garcia?

This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Bill McDowell and 164 bouts tracked for Ceferino Garcia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bill McDowell vs Ceferino Garcia — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Bill McDowell

🇵🇭MIDDLEWEIGHT

Ceferino Garcia

Bill McDowell (3-11-1 across 15 tracked bouts) and Ceferino Garcia (120-30-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

McDowell

Tracked record

3–11–1

counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Garcia

120

Wins76 KO · 63%

Losses

Draws164 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

McDowell leads 1–0

Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia have met 1 time; McDowell leads 1–0.
Met	1945Jan 15	Series
Bill McDowellFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Ceferino GarciaFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSGarcia vs McDowell	1Meeting

Garcia vs McDowell · Jan 15, 1945

The Numbers

McDowell 1 · Garcia 5 of 6 measurable rows

McDowellEdge = longer wingGarcia

Record^†: 3-11-1120-30-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 23.3%
77.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76: 0
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —63.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
63% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 6: 5 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 7.6: 2.2
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164: 15
164

† 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: Bill McDowell: No date of birth; Ceferino Garcia: Died aged 74
Stance: Bill McDowell: Not recorded; Ceferino Garcia: Orthodox

Bill McDowell left, Ceferino Garcia 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 McDowell3 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 100%

Ceferino Garcia120 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

76 by KO/TKO 63%41 on the cards 34%3 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill McDowell 15, Ceferino Garcia 164 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Garcia better on 4 · even on 15 shared · Ceferino Garcia better on 4 · even on 1

McDowellBill McDowell

Opponent

GarciaCeferino Garcia

Bill McDowell
1–2 against
Loss, PTS
1939Jan 1939
Loss, KO 7
1938Nov 1938
Win, PTS
1938Aug 1938
AztecaKid AztecaMexico 193–49–11Garcia betterCeferino Garcia better — 2–2 to 1–2
Ceferino Garcia
2–2 against
Win, PTS
1944Oct 1944
Win, KO 5
1936Jul 1936
Loss, TKO 8
1933Jul 1933
Loss, PTS
1933Jul 1933
Bill McDowell
Loss, TKO 6
1943Aug 1943
MarshallLloyd MarshallUnited States 70–25–4Garcia betterCeferino Garcia better — 2–0 to 0–1
Ceferino Garcia
2–0 against
Win, TKO 5
1939Mar 1939
Win, PTS
1939Feb 1939
Bill McDowell
Loss, PTS
1943Jun 1943
JannazzoIzzy JannazzoUnited States 65–46–15Garcia betterCeferino Garcia better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Ceferino Garcia
Draw, PTS
1936Oct 1936
Bill McDowell
0–1–1 against
Draw, PTS
1942Feb 1942
Loss, PTS
1941Sep 1941
OverlinKen OverlinUnited States 136–19–10 · MiddleweightEvenEven — Bill McDowell 0–1–1, Ceferino Garcia 0–1
Ceferino Garcia
Loss, UD
1940May 1940
Bill McDowell
Loss, TKO 2
1941Aug 1941
ApostoliFred ApostoliUnited States 61–10–1 · MiddleweightGarcia betterCeferino Garcia better — 1–0 to 0–1
Ceferino Garcia
Win, KO 7
1939Oct 1939

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

Bill McDowell last boxed on Jul 16, 1945 — 29,678 days ago. McDowell had won once since losing a decision to Fritzie Zivic.LLWLW

Jannazzo Jun 1943Marshall Aug 1943Garcia Jan 1945Zivic Mar 1945Zivic Jul 19452.2 tracked bouts per year

Ceferino Garcia had won three in a row before losing a decision to Bill McDowell. Garcia last boxed on Jan 15, 1945.LWWWL

Wilson Feb 1942Johnson Sep 1944Azteca Oct 1944Baratko Oct 1944McDowell Jan 19457.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia ever fought each other?: Yes. Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia met once on January 15, 1945, and Bill McDowell won by PTS.
Who has the better record, McDowell or Garcia?: Bill McDowell is 3-11-1 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ceferino Garcia is 120-30-14. Ceferino Garcia has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, McDowell or Garcia?: Bill McDowell has 0 knockout wins and Ceferino Garcia has 76. Ceferino Garcia has more.
Do McDowell and Garcia have any common opponents?: Bill McDowell and Ceferino Garcia share 5 common opponents: Kid Azteca, Lloyd Marshall and Izzy Jannazzo (and 2 others). Ceferino Garcia fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McDowell and Garcia?: This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Bill McDowell and 164 bouts tracked for Ceferino Garcia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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