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Bob Armstrong vs Tommy Forrest — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bob Armstrong

Tommy Forrest

Bob Armstrong (18-11-7) and Tommy Forrest (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Forrest

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Armstrong leads 1–0

Bob Armstrong and Tommy Forrest have met 1 time; Armstrong leads 1–0.

Bob Armstrong and Tommy Forrest have met 1 time; Armstrong leads 1–0.
Met1896Aug 31Series
Bob ArmstrongFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy ForrestFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Armstrong 3 · Forrest 1 of 4 measurable rows
ArmstrongForrest
Record†
18-11-7 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
59.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
83.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
83%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
1

† 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
Tommy Forrest: No date of birth
Stance
Bob Armstrong: Orthodox
Tommy Forrest: Not recorded

Bob Armstrong left, Tommy Forrest 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%

Tommy Forrest0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tommy Forrest: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Forrest yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Armstrong 37, Tommy Forrest 1 — 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

Tommy Forrest last boxed on Aug 31, 1896 — 47,531 days ago. Forrest had lost the most recent, to Bob Armstrong.L

Armstrong Aug 1896

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Armstrong and Tommy Forrest ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Armstrong and Tommy Forrest met once on August 31, 1896, and Bob Armstrong won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 31, 1896 · Armstrong · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Armstrong or Forrest?
Bob Armstrong is 18-11-7 and Tommy Forrest is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Forrest0–10%

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

Armstrong1583.3%

Forrest0

The Numbers ↓
Do Armstrong and Forrest have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Armstrong and Tommy Forrest have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Armstrong and Forrest?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Bob Armstrong and 1 bout tracked for Tommy Forrest. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Armstrong37bouts

Forrest1bout

How They Win ↓

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