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Dave McCleave vs Dick Turpin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave McCleave

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Dick Turpin

Dave McCleave (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Dick Turpin (81-21-5) 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.

McCleave

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Turpin

81

Wins

21

Losses

5

Draws111 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 1–1

Dave McCleave and Dick Turpin have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Dave McCleave and Dick Turpin have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1940Mar 41944Mar 18Series
Dave McCleaveFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Dick TurpinFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultKOR5PTS2Meetings

The Numbers

McCleave 1 · Turpin 4 of 5 measurable rows
McCleaveTurpin
Record†
2-381-21-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
78% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
3 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.3
1
8.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 111
5
111

† 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
Dave McCleave: No date of birth
Dick Turpin: Died aged 69
Stance
Dave McCleave: Not recorded
Dick Turpin: Orthodox

Dave McCleave left, Dick Turpin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dave McCleave2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Dave McCleave: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Dick Turpin82 wins · from 111 tracked bouts

Dick Turpin: 82 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (43%), 45 on the cards (55%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 111 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 43%45 on the cards 55%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave McCleave 5, Dick Turpin 111 — 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

Dave McCleave last boxed on Mar 18, 1944 — 30,165 days ago. McCleave had won once since three straight losses.WLLLW

Mills Dec 1938Mills May 1939Mills Oct 1939Turpin Mar 1940Turpin Mar 19441 tracked bouts per year

Dick Turpin has lost five straight. Turpin last boxed on Jan 29, 1951.LLLLL

Day Mar 1950Finch Apr 1950Delannoit May 1950Finch Jul 1950Bassey Jan 19518.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave McCleave and Dick Turpin ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave McCleave and Dick Turpin have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMar 18, 1944 · McCleave · PTS

LMar 4, 1940 · Turpin · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCleave or Turpin?
Dave McCleave is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dick Turpin is 81-21-5. Dick Turpin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McCleave2–340%

Turpin81–21–578%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCleave and Turpin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave McCleave and Dick Turpin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCleave and Turpin?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Dave McCleave and 111 bouts tracked for Dick Turpin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCleave5bouts

Turpin111bouts

How They Win ↓

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