Have Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry ever fought each other?

Yes. Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry met once on October 27, 1959, and Eddie Machen won by KO.

Who has the better record, Machen or McMurtry?

Eddie Machen is 50-11-3 and Pat McMurtry is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Machen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Machen or McMurtry?

Eddie Machen has 29 knockout wins and Pat McMurtry has 1. Eddie Machen has more.

Do Machen and McMurtry have any common opponents?

Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry share 2 common opponents: Willi Besmanoff and Niño Valdés. Eddie Machen fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Machen and McMurtry?

This comparison is drawn from 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen and 7 bouts tracked for Pat McMurtry. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Eddie Machen vs Pat McMurtry — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Eddie Machen

Pat McMurtry

Eddie Machen (50-11-3) and Pat McMurtry (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Machen

Wins29 KO · 58%

Losses

Draws65 tracked bouts

McMurtry

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 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

Machen leads 1–0

Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry have met 1 time; Machen leads 1–0.
Met	1959Oct 27	Series
Eddie MachenFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Pat McMurtryFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOMachen vs McMurtry	1Meeting

Machen vs McMurtry · Oct 27, 1959

The Numbers

Machen 5 · McMurtry 1 of 6 measurable rows

MachenEdge = longer wingMcMurtry

Record^†: 50-11-3 (edge)3-4
Win %0–100%: 80.5% (edge)
42.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 29: 29 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable: 58%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 58% (edge)
33%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 4.5: 4.5 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 65: 65
7

† 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: Eddie Machen: 6′0″; Pat McMurtry: No height on file
Reachnot held: Eddie Machen: 75″; Pat McMurtry: No reach on file
Agenot held: Eddie Machen: Died aged 40; Pat McMurtry: No date of birth
Stance: Eddie Machen: Orthodox; Pat McMurtry: Not recorded

Eddie Machen left, Pat McMurtry right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Eddie Machen50 wins · from 65 tracked bouts

29 by KO/TKO 58%21 on the cards 42%

Pat McMurtry3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Machen 65, Pat McMurtry 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Machen better on 22 shared · Eddie Machen better on 2

MachenEddie Machen

Opponent

McMurtryPat McMurtry

Eddie Machen
Win, UD
1959Sep 1959
BesmanoffWilli BesmanoffGermany 51–34–8Machen betterEddie Machen better — 1–0 to 0–1
Pat McMurtry
Loss, SD
1958Feb 1958
Eddie Machen
2–0 against
Win, KO 8
1956Jul 1956
Win, UD
1956Apr 1956
ValdésNiño ValdésCuba 48–18–3Machen betterEddie Machen better — 2–0 to 0–1
Pat McMurtry
Loss, TKO 1
1958Dec 1958

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Eddie Machen has lost four straight, after one straight win. Machen last boxed on Sep 6, 1969.WLLLL

Johnson Sep 1966Frazier Nov 1966Clark Mar 1967Kirkman May 1967Lopopolo Sep 19694.5 tracked bouts per year

Pat McMurtry last boxed on Oct 27, 1959 — 24,470 days ago. McMurtry had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Olson Aug 1957Besmanoff Feb 1958Chuvalo Oct 1958Valdés Dec 1958Machen Oct 19592.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry ever fought each other?: Yes. Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry met once on October 27, 1959, and Eddie Machen won by KO.
Who has the better record, Machen or McMurtry?: Eddie Machen is 50-11-3 and Pat McMurtry is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Machen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Machen or McMurtry?: Eddie Machen has 29 knockout wins and Pat McMurtry has 1. Eddie Machen has more.
Do Machen and McMurtry have any common opponents?: Eddie Machen and Pat McMurtry share 2 common opponents: Willi Besmanoff and Niño Valdés. Eddie Machen fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Machen and McMurtry?: This comparison is drawn from 65 bouts tracked for Eddie Machen and 7 bouts tracked for Pat McMurtry. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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