Have Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?

Yes. Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns met once on August 19, 1904, and Tommy Burns won by KO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Kelly or Burns?

Cyclone Kelly is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Burns?

Cyclone Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.

Do Kelly and Burns have any common opponents?

Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns share 1 common opponent: Andrew Chiariglione. Tommy Burns fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Burns?

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cyclone Kelly and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Cyclone Kelly vs Tommy Burns — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Cyclone Kelly

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Tommy Burns

Cyclone Kelly (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Kelly

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

Wins35 KO · 74%

Losses

Draws64 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

Burns leads 1–0

Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met	1904Aug 19	Series
Cyclone KellyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR4Burns vs Kelly	1Meeting

Burns vs Kelly · Aug 19, 1904

The Numbers

Kelly 0 · Burns 6 of 6 measurable rows

KellyEdge = longer wingBurns

Record^†: 1-647-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 14.3%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35: 0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
73% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 3: 3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.5: 0.2
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64: 7
64

† 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: Cyclone Kelly: No height on file; Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Cyclone Kelly: No reach on file; Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held: Cyclone Kelly: No date of birth; Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance: Cyclone Kelly: Not recorded; Tommy Burns: Orthodox

Cyclone Kelly left, Tommy Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Cyclone Kelly1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cyclone Kelly 7, Tommy Burns 64 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Burns better on 11 shared · Tommy Burns better on 1

KellyCyclone Kelly

Opponent

BurnsTommy Burns

Cyclone Kelly
Loss, PTS
1903Mar 1903
ChiariglioneAndrew ChiariglioneUnited States 81–61–26Burns betterTommy Burns better — 1–0 to 0–1
Tommy Burns
Win, KO 15
1906Oct 1906

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

Cyclone Kelly last boxed on Apr 15, 1938 — 32,332 days ago. Kelly had lost six straight.LLLLL

Chiariglione Mar 1903Burns Aug 1904Kane Jun 1936Monaghan Mar 1938Monaghan Apr 19380.2 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?: Yes. Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns met once on August 19, 1904, and Tommy Burns won by KO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Kelly or Burns?: Cyclone Kelly is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Burns?: Cyclone Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Do Kelly and Burns have any common opponents?: Cyclone Kelly and Tommy Burns share 1 common opponent: Andrew Chiariglione. Tommy Burns fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Burns?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cyclone Kelly and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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