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Freddie Welsh vs Tommy Kid Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Freddie Welsh

Tommy Kid Murphy

Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) and Tommy Kid Murphy (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Welsh

121

Wins34 KO · 28%

29

Losses

17

Draws167 tracked bouts

Murphy

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Welsh leads 1–0

Freddie Welsh and Tommy Kid Murphy have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.

Freddie Welsh and Tommy Kid Murphy have met 1 time; Welsh leads 1–0.
Met1921May 4Series
Freddie WelshFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy Kid MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Welsh 5 · Murphy 0 of 5 measurable rows
WelshMurphy
Record†
121-29-17 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.1%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
28%—
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
167
3

† 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″
Tommy Kid Murphy: No reach on file
Agenot held
Freddie Welsh: Died aged 41
Tommy Kid Murphy: No date of birth

Freddie Welsh left, Tommy Kid Murphy 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%

Tommy Kid Murphy0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Tommy Kid Murphy: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Freddie Welsh 167, Tommy Kid Murphy 3 — 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

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

Tommy Kid Murphy last boxed on Jan 1, 1927 — 36,449 days ago. Murphy had lost three straight.LLL

Welsh May 1921Moore Oct 1923Petrole Jan 19270.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Freddie Welsh and Tommy Kid Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Welsh and Tommy Kid Murphy met once on May 4, 1921, and Freddie Welsh won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WMay 4, 1921 · Welsh · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Welsh or Murphy?
Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17 and Tommy Kid Murphy is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Murphy0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Welsh or Murphy?
Freddie Welsh has 34 knockout wins and Tommy Kid Murphy has 0. Freddie Welsh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Welsh3428.1%

Murphy0

The Numbers ↓
Do Welsh and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Freddie Welsh and Tommy Kid Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Welsh and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Kid Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Welsh167bouts

Murphy3bouts

How They Win ↓

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