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.
Fred Russell (1-10-1 across 12 tracked bouts) and Sam McVey (78-18-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Fred Russell vs Sam McVey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam McVey leads 1–0- Sam McVey wonMcVey vs RussellNov 1, 1902 · KO · R5
The Numbers
- 1-10-1
- Record
- 78-18-13 (edge)
- 12.5%
- Win %
- 77.5% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 60 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.92%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 74%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1
- Bouts per year
- 6.4 (edge)
- 12
- Bouts tracked
- 124
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 142
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFred Russell · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Sam McVey · 87 wins
KO/TKO
64
Decision
16
Other
7
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (12 and 124 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedFred Russell
LDQ R10 · Aug 1901Sam McVey
WKO R16 · Feb 1907WKO R4 · Jan 1906WKO R1 · Sep 1903LPTS · Aug 1903
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Fred Russell
LLLLD
L4 streak · last fought Feb 26, 1906
Sam McVey
DWWNCNC
No active streak · last fought Aug 1, 1921
Common Questions
- Have Fred Russell and Sam McVey ever fought each other?
- Yes. Fred Russell and Sam McVey met once on November 1, 1902, and Sam McVey won by KO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Fred Russell or Sam McVey?
- Fred Russell is 1-10-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sam McVey is 78-18-13. Sam McVey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Fred Russell or Sam McVey?
- Fred Russell has 1 knockout win and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
- Do Fred Russell and Sam McVey have any common opponents?
- Fred Russell and Sam McVey share 2 common opponents: Ed Martin and Jack Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fred Russell and Sam McVey?
- This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Fred Russell and 124 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.