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Davey Moore vs Kevin Rooney — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER WELTERWEIGHT

Davey Moore

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Kevin Rooney

Davey Moore (18-5) and Kevin Rooney (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Moore

18

Wins14 KO · 78%

5

Losses

0

Draws23 tracked bouts

Rooney

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Moore leads 1–0

Davey Moore and Kevin Rooney have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.

Davey Moore and Kevin Rooney have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.
Met1981Jun 1Series
Davey MooreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kevin RooneyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Moore 5 · Rooney 1 of 6 measurable rows
MooreRooney
Record†
18-5 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
78.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.78%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
23
2

† 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

Reachnot held
Davey Moore: 71″
Kevin Rooney: No reach on file
Age3 yrs apart
Davey Moore: 67
Kevin Rooney: 70
Stance
Davey Moore: Orthodox
Kevin Rooney: Not recorded

Davey Moore left, Kevin Rooney right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Davey Moore18 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Davey Moore: 18 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (78%) and 4 on the cards (22%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 78%4 on the cards 22%

Kevin Rooney0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Kevin Rooney: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rooney yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Davey Moore 23, Kevin Rooney 2 — 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

Davey Moore last boxed on Apr 30, 1988 — 14,054 days ago. Moore had won two straight since losses to Lupe Aquino and John David Jackson.WLLWW

Pettigrew Mar 1987Aquino Apr 1987Jackson Jul 1987Rosario Mar 1988Coates Apr 19883.1 tracked bouts per year

Kevin Rooney last boxed on Jul 31, 1982 — 16,154 days ago. Rooney had lost two straight.LL

Moore Jun 1981Argüello Jul 19821.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Davey Moore and Kevin Rooney ever fought each other?
Yes. Davey Moore and Kevin Rooney met once on June 1, 1981, and Davey Moore won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WJun 1, 1981 · Moore · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moore or Rooney?
Davey Moore is 18-5 and Kevin Rooney is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Davey Moore has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Moore18–578.3%

Rooney0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Moore or Rooney?
Davey Moore has 14 knockout wins and Kevin Rooney has 0. Davey Moore has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Moore1477.8%

Rooney0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moore and Rooney have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Davey Moore and Kevin Rooney have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moore and Rooney?
This comparison is drawn from 23 bouts tracked for Davey Moore and 2 bouts tracked for Kevin Rooney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moore23bouts

Rooney2bouts

How They Win ↓

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