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Billy Murphy vs Young Corbett III — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Murphy

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Young Corbett III

Billy Murphy (0-5-1 across 6 tracked bouts) and Young Corbett III (123-12-20) 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.

Murphy

Tracked record

0–5–1

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

III

123

Wins33 KO · 27%

12

Losses

20

Draws156 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

Billy Murphy and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Murphy and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1927Mar 23Series
Billy MurphyFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Young Corbett IIIFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Murphy 1 · III 5 of 6 measurable rows
MurphyIII
Record†
0-5-1123-12-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
8.3%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—26%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.5
0.2
7.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
6
156

† 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
Billy Murphy: No height on file
Young Corbett III: 5′7″
Agenot held
Billy Murphy: No date of birth
Young Corbett III: Died aged 88
Stance
Billy Murphy: Not recorded
Young Corbett III: Southpaw

Billy Murphy left, Young Corbett III 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 Murphy0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Billy Murphy: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

Young Corbett III124 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Young Corbett III: 124 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (26%), 90 on the cards (73%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 26%90 on the cards 73%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Murphy 6, Young Corbett III 156 — 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

Billy Murphy last boxed on Mar 23, 1927 — 36,369 days ago. Murphy had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Young Corbett III.LLLLD

Dempsey Nov 1914Genaro Oct 1920Kaplan Sep 1921Kaplan Jan 1926III Mar 19270.2 tracked bouts per year

Young Corbett III has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Fred Apostoli. III last boxed on Aug 20, 1940.LWWWW

Apostoli Nov 1938Foster Dec 1939Sparr Mar 1940Cahill Apr 1940Rangel Aug 19407.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Murphy and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Murphy and Young Corbett III met once on March 23, 1927, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DMar 23, 1927 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Murphy or III?
Billy Murphy is 0-5-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Murphy0–5–18.3%

III123–12–2085.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Murphy or III?
Billy Murphy has 0 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Murphy0

III3326.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Murphy and III have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Murphy and Young Corbett III have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Murphy and III?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Murphy and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Murphy6bouts

III156bouts

How They Win ↓

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