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Ellwood McCloskey vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ellwood McCloskey

🇳🇿FEATHERWEIGHT

Torpedo Billy Murphy

Ellwood McCloskey (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

McCloskey

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

Draws194 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

Murphy leads 1–0

Ellwood McCloskey and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Murphy leads 1–0.

Ellwood McCloskey and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Murphy leads 1–0.
Met1897Sep 13Series
Ellwood McCloskeyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

McCloskey 1 · Murphy 4 of 5 measurable rows
McCloskeyMurphy
Record†
0-390-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76
0
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 30
0 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.6
0.7
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
3
194

† 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
Ellwood McCloskey: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Ellwood McCloskey: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Ellwood McCloskey: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Ellwood McCloskey left, Torpedo Billy Murphy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ellwood McCloskey0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ellwood McCloskey: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCloskey yet.

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ellwood McCloskey 3, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · McCloskey better on 1

McCloskey

Opponent

Murphy

  • Ellwood McCloskey

    Loss, PTS

    1896

    DixonMcCloskey better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1897

    Loss, DQ

    1893

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

Ellwood McCloskey last boxed on May 21, 1900 — 46,176 days ago. McCloskey had lost three straight.LLL

Dixon May 1896Murphy Sep 1897McGovern May 19000.7 tracked bouts per year

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ellwood McCloskey and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Ellwood McCloskey and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on September 13, 1897, and Torpedo Billy Murphy won by NWS.
The meeting

LSep 13, 1897 · Murphy · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCloskey or Murphy?
Ellwood McCloskey is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Torpedo Billy Murphy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McCloskey0–30%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McCloskey or Murphy?
Ellwood McCloskey has 0 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McCloskey0

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCloskey and Murphy have any common opponents?
Ellwood McCloskey and Torpedo Billy Murphy share 1 common opponent: George Dixon. Ellwood McCloskey fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George DixonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCloskey and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ellwood McCloskey and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCloskey3bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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