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Bob Devere vs Jack Dempsey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Devere

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Jack Dempsey

Bob Devere (1-8-1 across 10 tracked bouts) and Jack Dempsey (68-6-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Devere

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Dempsey

68

Wins53 KO · 78%

6

Losses

10

Draws85 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

Dempsey leads 1–0

Bob Devere and Jack Dempsey have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.

Bob Devere and Jack Dempsey have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.
Met1918Jul 4Series
Bob DevereFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack DempseyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Devere 0 · Dempsey 7 of 7 measurable rows
DevereDempsey
Record†
1-8-168-6-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15%
86.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 53
0
53 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—77.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
79% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.5
2.1
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
10
85

† 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
Bob Devere: No height on file
Jack Dempsey: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Bob Devere: No reach on file
Jack Dempsey: 73″
Agenot held
Bob Devere: No date of birth
Jack Dempsey: Died aged 87
Stance
Bob Devere: Not recorded
Jack Dempsey: Orthodox

Bob Devere left, Jack 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
Bob Devere1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Bob Devere: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Jack Dempsey68 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Jack Dempsey: 68 tracked wins — 54 by KO/TKO (79%), 9 on the cards (13%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

54 by KO/TKO 79%9 on the cards 13%5 by another method or unrecorded 7%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Devere 10, Jack Dempsey 85 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Devere better on 1 · Dempsey better on 2

Devere

Opponent

Dempsey

  • Bob Devere

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    SmithDempsey better

    Jack Dempsey

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1918

    Win, KO 2

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1917

  • Bob Devere

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    LevinskyDempsey better

    Jack Dempsey

    Win, KO 3

    1918

  • Bob Devere

    Win, NWS

    1917

    ChiariglioneDevere better

    Jack Dempsey

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 1

    1918

    Loss, KO 1

    1917

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

Bob Devere last boxed on Jan 14, 1921 — 38,629 days ago. Devere had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Langford Dec 1916Chiariglione Mar 1917Langford Apr 1917Dempsey Jul 1918Langford Jan 19212.1 tracked bouts per year

Jack Dempsey had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gene Tunney. Dempsey last boxed on Sep 22, 1927.WWLWL

Gibbons Jul 1923Firpo Sep 1923Tunney Sep 1926Sharkey Jul 1927Tunney Sep 19276.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Devere and Jack Dempsey ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Devere and Jack Dempsey met once on July 4, 1918, and Jack Dempsey won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJul 4, 1918 · Dempsey · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Devere or Dempsey?
Bob Devere is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Dempsey is 68-6-10. Jack Dempsey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Devere1–8–115%

Dempsey68–6–1086.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Devere or Dempsey?
Bob Devere has 0 knockout wins and Jack Dempsey has 53. Jack Dempsey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Devere0

Dempsey5377.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Devere and Dempsey have any common opponents?
Bob Devere and Jack Dempsey share 3 common opponents: Gunboat Smith, Battling Levinsky and Andrew Chiariglione. Jack Dempsey fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Gunboat SmithLW

Battling LevinskyLW

Andrew ChiariglioneW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Devere and Dempsey?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Bob Devere and 85 bouts tracked for Jack Dempsey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Devere10bouts

Dempsey85bouts

How They Win ↓

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