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Bob Armstrong vs Joe Sheehy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bob Armstrong

Joe Sheehy

Bob Armstrong (18-11-7) and Joe Sheehy (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Armstrong

18

Wins15 KO · 83%

11

Losses

7

Draws37 tracked bouts

Sheehy

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Sheehy leads 1–0

Bob Armstrong and Joe Sheehy have met 1 time; Sheehy leads 1–0.

Bob Armstrong and Joe Sheehy have met 1 time; Sheehy leads 1–0.
Met1897Jun 1Series
Bob ArmstrongFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe SheehyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Armstrong 5 · Sheehy 1 of 6 measurable rows
ArmstrongSheehy
Record†
18-11-7 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
59.7% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
83.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
83% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
2

† 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
Bob Armstrong: Died aged 59
Joe Sheehy: No date of birth
Stance
Bob Armstrong: Orthodox
Joe Sheehy: Not recorded

Bob Armstrong left, Joe Sheehy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Armstrong18 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Bob Armstrong: 18 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (83%), 2 on the cards (11%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 83%2 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Joe Sheehy1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Joe Sheehy: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Armstrong 37, Joe Sheehy 2 — 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

Bob Armstrong had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Walter Johnson. Armstrong last boxed on Dec 26, 1904.WLWWL

Martin Jun 1903Ferguson Aug 1903Fitzsimmons Sep 1903Johnson Apr 1904Johnson Dec 19043.6 tracked bouts per year

Joe Sheehy last boxed on Jun 1, 1897 — 47,257 days ago. Sheehy had won once since losing to Patrick Killen.LW

Killen Dec 1890Armstrong Jun 18970.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Armstrong and Joe Sheehy ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Armstrong and Joe Sheehy met once on June 1, 1897, and Joe Sheehy won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 1, 1897 · Sheehy · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Armstrong or Sheehy?
Bob Armstrong is 18-11-7 and Joe Sheehy is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Armstrong has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Armstrong18–11–759.7%

Sheehy1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Armstrong or Sheehy?
Bob Armstrong has 15 knockout wins and Joe Sheehy has 0. Bob Armstrong has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Armstrong1583.3%

Sheehy0

The Numbers ↓
Do Armstrong and Sheehy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Armstrong and Joe Sheehy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Armstrong and Sheehy?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Bob Armstrong and 2 bouts tracked for Joe Sheehy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Armstrong37bouts

Sheehy2bouts

How They Win ↓

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