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Denny Killen vs Jake Kilrain — record, stats and common opponents compared

Denny Killen

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Jake Kilrain

Denny Killen (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Jake Kilrain (31-5-8) 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.

Killen

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kilrain

31

Wins18 KO · 58%

5

Losses

8

Draws46 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

Kilrain leads 1–0

Denny Killen and Jake Kilrain have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.

Denny Killen and Jake Kilrain have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.
Met1886Nov 19Series
Denny KillenFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jake KilrainFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Killen 1 · Kilrain 3 of 4 measurable rows
KillenKilrain
Record†
0-231-5-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
79.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—58.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
2
46

† 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
Denny Killen: No date of birth
Jake Kilrain: Died aged 78

Denny Killen left, Jake Kilrain right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Denny Killen0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Denny Killen: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Killen yet.

Jake Kilrain30 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Jake Kilrain: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%) and 12 on the cards (40%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%12 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Denny Killen 2, Jake Kilrain 46 — 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

Denny Killen last boxed on Feb 5, 1887 — 51,025 days ago. Killen had lost two straight.LL

Kilrain Nov 1886Dempsey Feb 1887

Jake Kilrain has lost three straight. Kilrain last boxed on Oct 20, 1899.LDLLL

Slavin Jun 1891O'Donnell Mar 1895O'Donnell May 1895Slavin Sep 1896O'Donnell Oct 18992.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Denny Killen and Jake Kilrain ever fought each other?
Yes. Denny Killen and Jake Kilrain met once on November 19, 1886, and Jake Kilrain won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 19, 1886 · Kilrain · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Killen or Kilrain?
Denny Killen is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jake Kilrain is 31-5-8. Jake Kilrain has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Killen0–20%

Kilrain31–5–879.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Killen or Kilrain?
Denny Killen has 0 knockout wins and Jake Kilrain has 18. Jake Kilrain has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Killen0

Kilrain1858.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Killen and Kilrain have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Denny Killen and Jake Kilrain have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Killen and Kilrain?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Denny Killen and 46 bouts tracked for Jake Kilrain. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Killen2bouts

Kilrain46bouts

How They Win ↓

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