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Clarence English vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Clarence English

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Clarence English (1-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) 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.

English

Tracked record

1–3–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

Draws194 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

English leads 1–0

Clarence English and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; English leads 1–0.

Clarence English and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; English leads 1–0.
Met1902Apr 3Series
Clarence EnglishFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

English 2 · Murphy 4 of 6 measurable rows
EnglishMurphy
Record†
1-3-190-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
30%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76
1
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
71%
Times stopped‡max 30
0 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.6
0.5
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
5
194

† 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
Clarence English: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Clarence English: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Clarence English: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Clarence English left, Torpedo Billy Murphy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Clarence English1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Clarence English: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Clarence English 5, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — 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

Clarence English last boxed on Oct 29, 1912 — 41,632 days ago. English had lost three straight.WDLLL

Murphy Apr 1902Nelson Jun 1903Nelson Dec 1903Bronson Apr 1912Bronson Oct 19120.5 tracked bouts per year

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Clarence English and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Clarence English and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on April 3, 1902, and Clarence English won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WApr 3, 1902 · English · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, English or Murphy?
Clarence English is 1-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Torpedo Billy Murphy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

English1–3–130%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, English or Murphy?
Clarence English has 1 knockout win and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

English1

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do English and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Clarence English and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on English and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Clarence English and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

English5bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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