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Freddie Welsh vs Joe Shugrue — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Freddie Welsh

Joe Shugrue

Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) and Joe Shugrue (5-6-2 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Welsh

121

Wins34 KO · 28%

29

Losses

17

Draws167 tracked bouts

Shugrue

Tracked record

5–6–2

counted from 13 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

Shugrue leads 2–0

Freddie Welsh and Joe Shugrue have met 2 times; Shugrue leads 2–0.

Freddie Welsh and Joe Shugrue have met 2 times; Shugrue leads 2–0.
Met1914Dec 21915Feb 9Series
Freddie WelshFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe ShugrueFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Welsh 4 · Shugrue 2 of 6 measurable rows
WelshShugrue
Record†
121-29-17 (edge)5-6-2
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
46.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
28.1%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
28%
40% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
3.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
167
13

† 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

Reachnot held
Freddie Welsh: 69″
Joe Shugrue: No reach on file
Agenot held
Freddie Welsh: Died aged 41
Joe Shugrue: No date of birth

Freddie Welsh left, Joe Shugrue right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Freddie Welsh121 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Freddie Welsh: 121 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (28%), 36 on the cards (30%) and 51 by another method or unrecorded (42%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 28%36 on the cards 30%51 by another method or unrecorded 42%

Joe Shugrue5 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Joe Shugrue: 5 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (40%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (60%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 40%3 by another method or unrecorded 60%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Freddie Welsh 167, Joe Shugrue 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Welsh better on 2 · Shugrue better on 1

Welsh

Opponent

Shugrue

  • Freddie Welsh

    1–2 against

    Loss, TKO 9

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    LeonardShugrue better

    Joe Shugrue

    Win, TKO 4

    1912

  • Freddie Welsh

    3–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1914

    WhiteWelsh better

    Joe Shugrue

    1–2 against

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1912

  • Freddie Welsh

    Win, NWS

    1914

    DundeeWelsh better

    Joe Shugrue

    0–3–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Draw, NWS

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    Draw, NWS

    1911

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

Freddie Welsh has lost the most recent, to Archie Walker. Welsh last boxed on Apr 15, 1922.WWWDL

Jackson May 1921Murphy May 1921Forbes Aug 1921Tait Aug 1921Walker Apr 192210.2 tracked bouts per year

Joe Shugrue last boxed on Feb 9, 1915 — 40,796 days ago. Shugrue had won three straight since losses to Johnny Dundee and Ted "Kid" Lewis.LLWWW

Dundee Feb 1914Lewis Jun 1914Welsh Dec 1914White Dec 1914Welsh Feb 19153.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Freddie Welsh and Joe Shugrue ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Welsh and Joe Shugrue have met 2 times and Joe Shugrue leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LFeb 9, 1915 · Shugrue · NWS

LDec 2, 1914 · Shugrue · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Welsh or Shugrue?
Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17 and Joe Shugrue is 5-6-2 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Welsh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Welsh121–29–1777.5%

Shugrue5–6–246.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Welsh or Shugrue?
Freddie Welsh has 34 knockout wins and Joe Shugrue has 2. Freddie Welsh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Welsh3428.1%

Shugrue2

The Numbers ↓
Do Welsh and Shugrue have any common opponents?
Freddie Welsh and Joe Shugrue share 3 common opponents: Benny Leonard, Charley White and Johnny Dundee. Freddie Welsh fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Benny Leonard1–2W

Charley White3–11–2

Johnny DundeeW0–3–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Welsh and Shugrue?
This comparison is drawn from 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh and 13 bouts tracked for Joe Shugrue. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Welsh167bouts

Shugrue13bouts

How They Win ↓

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