Have Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan ever fought each other?

Yes. Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan met once on September 8, 1941, and Bob Montgomery won by UD.

Who has the better record, Montgomery or Kaplan?

Bob Montgomery is 75-19-3 and Mike Kaplan is 4-2-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Montgomery has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Montgomery or Kaplan?

Bob Montgomery has 37 knockout wins and Mike Kaplan has 0. Bob Montgomery has more.

Do Montgomery and Kaplan have any common opponents?

Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan share 2 common opponents: Fritzie Zivic and Lew Jenkins. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Montgomery and Kaplan?

This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Bob Montgomery and 7 bouts tracked for Mike Kaplan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bob Montgomery vs Mike Kaplan — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Bob Montgomery

Mike Kaplan

Bob Montgomery (75-19-3) and Mike Kaplan (4-2-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Montgomery

Wins37 KO · 49%

Losses

Draws97 tracked bouts

Kaplan

Tracked record

4–2–1

counted from 7 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

Montgomery leads 1–0

Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan have met 1 time; Montgomery leads 1–0.
Met	1941Sep 8	Series
Bob MontgomeryFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Mike KaplanFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDMontgomery vs Kaplan	1Meeting

Montgomery vs Kaplan · Sep 8, 1941

The Numbers

Montgomery 5 · Kaplan 1 of 6 measurable rows

MontgomeryEdge = longer wingKaplan

Record^†: 75-19-3 (edge)4-2-1
Win %0–100%: 78.9% (edge)
64.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 37: 37 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 49.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 49% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 3: 3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.5: 8.5 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97: 97
7

† 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 Montgomery: Died aged 79; Mike Kaplan: No date of birth
Stance: Bob Montgomery: Orthodox; Mike Kaplan: Not recorded

Bob Montgomery left, Mike Kaplan 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 Montgomery75 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

37 by KO/TKO 49%38 on the cards 51%

Mike Kaplan4 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

4 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Montgomery 97, Mike Kaplan 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Montgomery better on 1 · Kaplan better on 12 shared · Bob Montgomery better on 1 · Mike Kaplan better on 1

MontgomeryBob Montgomery

Opponent

KaplanMike Kaplan

Bob Montgomery
Win, UD
1943Aug 1943
ZivicFritzie ZivicUnited States 158–65–10Montgomery betterBob Montgomery better — 1–0 to 1–1
Mike Kaplan
1–1 against
Win, UD
1941Apr 1941
Loss, SD
1940Jan 1940
Bob Montgomery
1–1 against
Win, UD
1941May 1941
Loss, UD
1940Sep 1940
JenkinsLew JenkinsUnited States 74–41–5 · LightweightKaplan betterMike Kaplan better — 1–0 to 1–1
Mike Kaplan
Win, UD
1942Mar 1942

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 Montgomery has lost seven straight. Montgomery last boxed on Mar 27, 1950.LLLLL

Angelo Dec 1947Minelli Feb 1950Greco Feb 1950Williams Mar 1950Giosa Mar 19508.5 tracked bouts per year

Mike Kaplan last boxed on Mar 27, 1942 — 30,888 days ago. Kaplan had won once since losing a decision to Bob Montgomery.LWWLW

Zivic Jan 1940Cochrane Feb 1940Zivic Apr 1941Montgomery Sep 1941Jenkins Mar 19422.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan ever fought each other?: Yes. Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan met once on September 8, 1941, and Bob Montgomery won by UD.
Who has the better record, Montgomery or Kaplan?: Bob Montgomery is 75-19-3 and Mike Kaplan is 4-2-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Montgomery has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Montgomery or Kaplan?: Bob Montgomery has 37 knockout wins and Mike Kaplan has 0. Bob Montgomery has more.
Do Montgomery and Kaplan have any common opponents?: Bob Montgomery and Mike Kaplan share 2 common opponents: Fritzie Zivic and Lew Jenkins. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Montgomery and Kaplan?: This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Bob Montgomery and 7 bouts tracked for Mike Kaplan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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