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Billy Rotchford vs Harry Forbes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Rotchford

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Harry Forbes

Billy Rotchford (1-5-2 across 8 tracked bouts) and Harry Forbes (96-20-27) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Rotchford

Tracked record

1–5–2

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Forbes

96

Wins45 KO · 47%

20

Losses

27

Draws144 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

Forbes leads 3–0

Billy Rotchford and Harry Forbes have met 3 times; Forbes leads 3–0.

Billy Rotchford and Harry Forbes have met 3 times; Forbes leads 3–0.
Met1899Jul 281899Aug 251901Dec 19Series
Billy RotchfordFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Harry ForbesFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultDQR1PTSKOR13Meetings

The Numbers

Rotchford 1 · Forbes 5 of 6 measurable rows
RotchfordForbes
Record†
1-5-296-20-27 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
76.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
0
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.88%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
47% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 12
2 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.6
1.8
4.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
8
144

† 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 Rotchford: No height on file
Harry Forbes: 5′3″
Reachnot held
Billy Rotchford: No reach on file
Harry Forbes: 65″
Agenot held
Billy Rotchford: No date of birth
Harry Forbes: Died aged 67
Stance
Billy Rotchford: Not recorded
Harry Forbes: Orthodox

Billy Rotchford left, Harry Forbes 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 Rotchford1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Billy Rotchford: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Harry Forbes96 wins · from 144 tracked bouts

Harry Forbes: 96 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (47%), 38 on the cards (40%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (14%). Counted from 144 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 47%38 on the cards 40%13 by another method or unrecorded 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Rotchford 8, Harry Forbes 144 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Rotchford better on 1 · Forbes better on 1

Rotchford

Opponent

Forbes

  • Billy Rotchford

    Loss, KO 1

    1899

    McGovernRotchford better

    Harry Forbes

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1899

    Loss, KO 15

    1898

  • Billy Rotchford

    Draw, PTS

    1897

    MurphyForbes better

    Harry Forbes

    Win, KO

    1899

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 Rotchford last boxed on Dec 19, 1901 — 45,596 days ago. Rotchford had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

II Jul 1899Forbes Jul 1899Forbes Aug 1899McGovern Oct 1899Forbes Dec 19011.8 tracked bouts per year

Harry Forbes has lost five straight. Forbes last boxed on Jan 27, 1928.LLLLL

Williams Jul 1912McCue Aug 1912Meehan Sep 1913Katz Oct 1922Moore Jan 19284.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Rotchford and Harry Forbes ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Rotchford and Harry Forbes have met 3 times and Harry Forbes leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LDec 19, 1901 · Forbes · KO R1

LAug 25, 1899 · Forbes · PTS

LJul 28, 1899 · Forbes · DQ R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rotchford or Forbes?
Billy Rotchford is 1-5-2 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Forbes is 96-20-27. Harry Forbes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rotchford1–5–225%

Forbes96–20–2776.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rotchford or Forbes?
Billy Rotchford has 0 knockout wins and Harry Forbes has 45. Harry Forbes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rotchford0

Forbes4546.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rotchford and Forbes have any common opponents?
Billy Rotchford and Harry Forbes share 2 common opponents: Terry McGovern and Torpedo Billy Murphy. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Terry McGovernLL

Torpedo Billy MurphyDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rotchford and Forbes?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Billy Rotchford and 144 bouts tracked for Harry Forbes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rotchford8bouts

Forbes144bouts

How They Win ↓

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