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Des Newton vs Paddy Donovan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Des Newton

🇮🇪IRELAND

Paddy Donovan

Des Newton (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Paddy Donovan (16-2) 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.

Newton

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Donovan

16

Wins12 KO · 75%

2

Losses

0

Draws17 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

Donovan leads 1–0

Des Newton and Paddy Donovan have met 1 time; Donovan leads 1–0.

Des Newton and Paddy Donovan have met 1 time; Donovan leads 1–0.
Met2020Aug 15Series
Des NewtonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paddy DonovanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Newton 1 · Donovan 4 of 5 measurable rows
NewtonDonovan
Record†
0-516-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 17
5
17

† 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
Des Newton: No height on file
Paddy Donovan: 5′9″
Agenot held
Des Newton: No date of birth
Paddy Donovan: 27
Stance
Des Newton: Not recorded
Paddy Donovan: Southpaw

Des Newton left, Paddy Donovan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Des Newton0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Des Newton: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Newton yet.

Paddy Donovan15 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Paddy Donovan: 15 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (73%) and 4 on the cards (27%). Counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 73%4 on the cards 27%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Des Newton 5, Paddy Donovan 17 — 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

Des Newton last boxed on Dec 18, 2020 — 2,133 days ago. Newton had lost five straight.LLLLL

Smith May 2019Khoumari Jul 2019Noakes Feb 2020Donovan Aug 2020McKenna Dec 20203.1 tracked bouts per year

Paddy Donovan has won once since back-to-back losses to Lewis Crocker. Donovan last boxed on May 15, 2026 — 159 days ago.WWLLW

Herrera Jan 2024Ritson May 2024Crocker Mar 2025Crocker Sep 2025Chuhadzhyan May 20262.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Des Newton and Paddy Donovan ever fought each other?
Yes. Des Newton and Paddy Donovan met once on August 15, 2020, and Paddy Donovan won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LAug 15, 2020 · Donovan · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Newton or Donovan?
Des Newton is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Paddy Donovan is 16-2. Paddy Donovan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Newton0–50%

Donovan16–288.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Newton or Donovan?
Des Newton has 0 knockout wins and Paddy Donovan has 12. Paddy Donovan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Newton0

Donovan1275%

The Numbers ↓
Do Newton and Donovan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Des Newton and Paddy Donovan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Newton and Donovan?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Des Newton and 17 bouts tracked for Paddy Donovan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Newton5bouts

Donovan17bouts

How They Win ↓

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