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Frank Newton vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Frank Newton

🇳🇿FEATHERWEIGHT

Torpedo Billy Murphy

Frank Newton (1-1 across 2 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Newton

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Series level 1–1

Frank Newton and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Frank Newton and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1888Apr 141888May 24Series
Frank NewtonFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultTKODQR32Meetings

The Numbers

Newton 1 · Murphy 4 of 5 measurable rows
NewtonMurphy
Record†
1-190-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76
0
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 30
1 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
2
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
Frank Newton: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Frank Newton: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Frank Newton: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Frank Newton 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
Frank Newton1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Frank Newton: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — Frank Newton 2, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — 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

Frank Newton last boxed on May 24, 1888 — 50,562 days ago. Newton had won once since losing by stoppage to Torpedo Billy Murphy.LW

Murphy Apr 1888Murphy May 1888

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 Frank Newton and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Frank Newton and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMay 24, 1888 · Newton · DQ R3

LApr 14, 1888 · Murphy · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Newton or Murphy?
Frank Newton is 1-1 across the 2 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 %

Newton1–150%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

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

Newton0

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Newton and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Frank Newton and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Newton and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Frank Newton and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Newton2bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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