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Billy McCarthy vs Nonpareil Dempsey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy McCarthy

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Nonpareil Dempsey

Billy McCarthy (23-19-15) and Nonpareil Dempsey (51-3-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

McCarthy

23

Wins16 KO · 70%

19

Losses

15

Draws7 tracked bouts

Dempsey

51

Wins24 KO · 47%

3

Losses

11

Draws69 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Dempsey leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Billy McCarthy and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times; Dempsey leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Billy McCarthy and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times; Dempsey leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1890Feb 181895Sep 5Series
Billy McCarthyFighter ALLostDDraw0–1–1W–L–D
Nonpareil DempseyFighter BWWonDDraw1–0–1W–L–D
ResultTKOPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

McCarthy 1 · Dempsey 4 of 5 measurable rows
McCarthyDempsey
Record
23-19-1551-3-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
53.5%
86.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
16
24 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
69.57% (edge)
47.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—46%
Times stopped†levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.7
0.7
5.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
7
69

† 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

Height+1″
Billy McCarthy: 5′7″
Nonpareil Dempsey: 5′8″ (edge)
Agenot held
Billy McCarthy: No date of birth
Nonpareil Dempsey: Died aged 32
Stance
Billy McCarthy: Orthodox
Nonpareil Dempsey: Orthodox

Billy McCarthy left, Nonpareil Dempsey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy McCarthy0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Billy McCarthy: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCarthy yet.

Nonpareil Dempsey52 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Nonpareil Dempsey: 52 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (46%), 27 on the cards (52%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 46%27 on the cards 52%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy McCarthy 7, Nonpareil Dempsey 69 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

McCarthy

Opponent

Dempsey

  • Billy McCarthy

    Loss, TKO 7

    1896

    RyanEven

    Nonpareil Dempsey

    Loss, TKO 3

    1895

  • Billy McCarthy

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, RTD

    1890

    Draw, NWS

    1888

    FitzsimmonsEven

    Nonpareil Dempsey

    Loss, RTD

    1891

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

Billy McCarthy last boxed on Dec 21, 1896 — 47,419 days ago. McCarthy had lost the most recent, to Tommy Ryan.LLLDL

Dempsey Feb 1890Fitzsimmons May 1890Smith Sep 1893Dempsey Sep 1895Ryan Dec 18960.7 tracked bouts per year

Nonpareil Dempsey drew the most recent tracked bout with Billy McCarthy. Dempsey last boxed on Sep 5, 1895.WLWLD

McCarthy Feb 1890Fitzsimmons Jan 1891Keough Feb 1893Ryan Jan 1895McCarthy Sep 18955.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy McCarthy and Nonpareil Dempsey ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy McCarthy and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times and Nonpareil Dempsey leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

DSep 5, 1895 · Draw · PTS

LFeb 18, 1890 · Dempsey · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCarthy or Dempsey?
Billy McCarthy is 23-19-15 and Nonpareil Dempsey is 51-3-11. Nonpareil Dempsey has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

McCarthy23–19–1553.5%

Dempsey51–3–1186.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McCarthy or Dempsey?
Billy McCarthy has 16 knockout wins and Nonpareil Dempsey has 24. Nonpareil Dempsey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McCarthy1669.6%

Dempsey2447.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCarthy and Dempsey have any common opponents?
Billy McCarthy and Nonpareil Dempsey share 2 common opponents: Tommy Ryan and Bob Fitzsimmons. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Tommy RyanLL

Bob Fitzsimmons0–1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, McCarthy or Dempsey?
Nonpareil Dempsey is the taller fighter at 173 cm, 4 cm above the other.
Height · reach

McCarthy169 cm

Dempsey173 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCarthy and Dempsey?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Billy McCarthy and 69 bouts tracked for Nonpareil Dempsey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCarthy7bouts

Dempsey69bouts

How They Win ↓

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