Have Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams ever fought each other?

Yes. Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams met once on February 19, 1917, and Eddie O'Keefe won by NWS.

Who has the better record, O'Keefe or Williams?

Eddie O'Keefe is 5-9-2 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Williams is 162-30-12. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, O'Keefe or Williams?

Eddie O'Keefe has 0 knockout wins and Kid Williams has 50. Kid Williams has more.

Do O'Keefe and Williams have any common opponents?

Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams share 5 common opponents: Jack "Kid" Wolfe, George Chaney and Joe Lynch (and 2 others). Kid Williams fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Keefe and Williams?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Eddie O'Keefe and 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Eddie O'Keefe vs Kid Williams — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Eddie O'Keefe

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Kid Williams

Eddie O'Keefe (5-9-2 across 16 tracked bouts) and Kid Williams (162-30-12) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

O'Keefe

Tracked record

5–9–2

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Williams

162

Wins50 KO · 31%

Losses

Draws205 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

O'Keefe leads 1–0

Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams have met 1 time; O'Keefe leads 1–0.
Met	1917Feb 19	Series
Eddie O'KeefeFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Kid WilliamsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	NWSWilliams vs O'Keefe	1Meeting

Williams vs O'Keefe · Feb 19, 1917

The Numbers

O'Keefe 0 · Williams 5 of 5 measurable rows

O'KeefeEdge = longer wingWilliams

Record^†: 5-9-2162-30-12 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 37.5%
82.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 50: 0
50 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —30.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
30% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 5: 5
5
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.7: 1.3
10.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 205: 16
205

† 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: Eddie O'Keefe: No date of birth; Kid Williams: Died aged 69
Stance: Eddie O'Keefe: Not recorded; Kid Williams: Orthodox

Eddie O'Keefe left, Kid Williams 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 O'Keefe5 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

5 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Kid Williams161 wins · from 205 tracked bouts

49 by KO/TKO 30%42 on the cards 26%70 by another method or unrecorded 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie O'Keefe 16, Kid Williams 205 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · O'Keefe better on 1 · Williams better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Eddie O'Keefe better on 1 · Kid Williams better on 3 · even on 1

O'KeefeEddie O'Keefe

Opponent

WilliamsKid Williams

Eddie O'Keefe
Win, NWS
1915Apr 1915
WolfeJack "Kid" WolfeUnited States 81–28–26O'Keefe betterEddie O'Keefe better — 1–0 to 0–1
Kid Williams
Loss, PTS
1921May 1921
Eddie O'Keefe
0–3 against
Loss, KO 5
1918Aug 1918
Loss, NWS
1915Apr 1915
Loss, KO 5
1913Dec 1913
ChaneyGeorge ChaneyUnited States 136–36–6 · Super Featherweight, FeatherweightWilliams betterKid Williams better — 0–2 to 0–3
Kid Williams
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1911Jul 1911
Loss, KO 6
1911Jan 1911
Eddie O'Keefe
Loss, TKO 4
1917Nov 1917
LynchJoe LynchUnited States 99–36–21 · BantamweightEvenEven — Eddie O'Keefe 0–1, Kid Williams 0–1–1
Kid Williams
0–1–1 against
Loss, TKO 4
1918Jan 1918
Draw, NWS
1917Mar 1917
Eddie O'Keefe
0–3 against
Loss, KO 1
1913Nov 1913
Loss, PTS
1912Oct 1912
Loss, NWS
1912Sep 1912
KilbaneJohnny KilbaneUnited States 110–17–15 · FeatherweightWilliams betterKid Williams better — 0–1 to 0–3
Kid Williams
Loss, NWS
1915Mar 1915
Eddie O'Keefe
Draw, PTS
1911Apr 1911
CoulonJohnny CoulonCanada 67–11–12Williams betterKid Williams better — 2–0 to 0–0–1
Kid Williams
2–0 against
Win, KO 3
1914Jun 1914
Win, NWS
1912Oct 1912

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 O'Keefe last boxed on Aug 16, 1923 — 37,685 days ago. O'Keefe had lost three straight, after one straight win.DWLLL

Tendler Jan 1916Williams Feb 1917Lynch Nov 1917Chaney Aug 1918Bass Aug 19231.3 tracked bouts per year

Kid Williams had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bobby Burns. Williams last boxed on Sep 3, 1929.WLLWL

Lampe Feb 1929Lampe Mar 1929Belmont Apr 1929Garcia Jul 1929Burns Sep 192910.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams ever fought each other?: Yes. Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams met once on February 19, 1917, and Eddie O'Keefe won by NWS.
Who has the better record, O'Keefe or Williams?: Eddie O'Keefe is 5-9-2 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Williams is 162-30-12. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, O'Keefe or Williams?: Eddie O'Keefe has 0 knockout wins and Kid Williams has 50. Kid Williams has more.
Do O'Keefe and Williams have any common opponents?: Eddie O'Keefe and Kid Williams share 5 common opponents: Jack "Kid" Wolfe, George Chaney and Joe Lynch (and 2 others). Kid Williams fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Keefe and Williams?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Eddie O'Keefe and 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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