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Bob Ward vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Ward

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Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

Bob Ward (0-0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (147-16-24) 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.

Ward

Tracked record

0–0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

O'Brien

147

Wins55 KO · 37%

16

Losses

24

Draws188 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Bob Ward and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Bob Ward and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1908Feb 11Series
Bob WardFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Philadelphia Jack O'BrienFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ward 1 · O'Brien 4 of 5 measurable rows
WardO'Brien
Record†
0-0-2147-16-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
85% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 55
0
55 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—37%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
0
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 188
2
188

† 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 Ward: No date of birth
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Died aged 64
Stance
Bob Ward: Not recorded
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Orthodox

Bob Ward left, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 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 Ward0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bob Ward: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ward yet.

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien147 wins · from 188 tracked bouts

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: 147 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (37%), 29 on the cards (20%) and 63 by another method or unrecorded (43%). Counted from 188 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 37%29 on the cards 20%63 by another method or unrecorded 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Ward 2, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 188 — 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 Ward last boxed on Jun 22, 1948 — 28,611 days ago. Ward had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Jack Chase.DD

O'Brien Feb 1908Chase Jun 19480 tracked bouts per year

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has lost three straight, after one straight win. O'Brien last boxed on Aug 15, 1911.LWLLL

Kaufman Apr 1910Schreck May 1910Koch Jun 1910Ramsey Nov 1910Langford Aug 191112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Ward and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Ward and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien met once on February 11, 1908, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DFeb 11, 1908 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ward or O'Brien?
Bob Ward is 0-0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is 147-16-24. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ward0–0–250%

O'Brien147–16–2485%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ward or O'Brien?
Bob Ward has 0 knockout wins and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has 55. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ward0

O'Brien5537.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ward and O'Brien have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Ward and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ward and O'Brien?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bob Ward and 188 bouts tracked for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ward2bouts

O'Brien188bouts

How They Win ↓

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