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.
Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) and Mexican Joe Rivers (2-9-1 across 12 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.
Freddie Welsh vs Mexican Joe Rivers — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Freddie Welsh leads 1–0- Freddie Welsh wonWelsh vs RiversMar 17, 1914 · PTS
The Numbers
- 121-29-17 (edge)
- Record
- 2-9-1
- 77.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 20.8%
- 34 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 28.1%
- KO rate
- —
- 28%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 10.2 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.4
- 167
- Bouts tracked
- 12
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
- 69″ (175 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 140
- Age
- 134
- Lightweight
- Division
- —
- United Kingdom
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFreddie Welsh · 121 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
36
Other
51
Mexican Joe Rivers · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (167 and 12 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedFreddie Welsh
WDQ R11 · Jul 1916WNWS · Mar 1916WTKO R8 · Nov 1914Mexican Joe Rivers
DNWS · Jan 1914LKO R13 · Jul 1912Freddie Welsh
WNWS · Jan 1914Mexican Joe Rivers
LNWS · Nov 1915LNWS · Jul 1915LPTS · Dec 1914Freddie Welsh
LNWS · Mar 1915WPTS · Jul 1914WPTS · Nov 1911Mexican Joe Rivers
LKO R11 · Jul 1913
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Freddie Welsh
LDWWW
L1 streak · last fought Apr 15, 1922
Mexican Joe Rivers
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Jan 8, 1942
Common Questions
- Have Freddie Welsh and Mexican Joe Rivers ever fought each other?
- Yes. Freddie Welsh and Mexican Joe Rivers met once on March 17, 1914, and Freddie Welsh won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Freddie Welsh or Mexican Joe Rivers?
- Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17 and Mexican Joe Rivers is 2-9-1 across the 12 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Freddie Welsh or Mexican Joe Rivers?
- Freddie Welsh has 34 knockout wins and Mexican Joe Rivers has 1. Freddie Welsh has more.
- Do Freddie Welsh and Mexican Joe Rivers have any common opponents?
- Freddie Welsh and Mexican Joe Rivers share 4 common opponents: Johnny Kilbane, Adolph Wolgast and Johnny Dundee (and 1 other). Freddie Welsh fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Freddie Welsh and Mexican Joe Rivers?
- This comparison is drawn from 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh and 12 bouts tracked for Mexican Joe Rivers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.