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Dan Ketchell vs Jack Dempsey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dan Ketchell

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Jack Dempsey

Dan Ketchell (0-2 across 2 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ketchell

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 2–0

Dan Ketchell and Jack Dempsey have met 2 times; Dempsey leads 2–0.

Dan Ketchell and Jack Dempsey have met 2 times; Dempsey leads 2–0.
Met1916May 171918May 22Series
Dan KetchellFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Jack DempseyFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultTKOR3KOR22Meetings

The Numbers

Ketchell 0 · Dempsey 6 of 6 measurable rows
KetchellDempsey
Record†
0-268-6-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 53
0
53 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—77.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.5
1
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
2
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
Dan Ketchell: No height on file
Jack Dempsey: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Dan Ketchell: No reach on file
Jack Dempsey: 73″
Agenot held
Dan Ketchell: No date of birth
Jack Dempsey: Died aged 87
Stance
Dan Ketchell: Not recorded
Jack Dempsey: Orthodox

Dan Ketchell 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
Dan Ketchell0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Dan Ketchell: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ketchell yet.

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 — Dan Ketchell 2, Jack Dempsey 85 — 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

Dan Ketchell last boxed on May 22, 1918 — 39,597 days ago. Ketchell had lost two straight.LL

Dempsey May 1916Dempsey May 19181 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 Dan Ketchell and Jack Dempsey ever fought each other?
Yes. Dan Ketchell and Jack Dempsey have met 2 times and Jack Dempsey leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LMay 22, 1918 · Dempsey · KO R2

LMay 17, 1916 · Dempsey · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ketchell or Dempsey?
Dan Ketchell is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Ketchell0–20%

Dempsey68–6–1086.9%

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

Ketchell0

Dempsey5377.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ketchell and Dempsey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dan Ketchell and Jack Dempsey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ketchell and Dempsey?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dan Ketchell and 85 bouts tracked for Jack Dempsey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ketchell2bouts

Dempsey85bouts

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