Have George Dixon and Johnny Murphy ever fought each other?

Yes. George Dixon and Johnny Murphy met once on October 23, 1890, and George Dixon won by KO.

Who has the better record, Dixon or Murphy?

George Dixon is 75-32-61 and Johnny Murphy is 0-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Dixon has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Dixon and Murphy have any common opponents?

George Dixon and Johnny Murphy share 2 common opponents: Pedlar Palmer and Torpedo Billy Murphy. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dixon and Murphy?

This comparison is drawn from 176 bouts tracked for George Dixon and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

George Dixon vs Johnny Murphy — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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George Dixon

Johnny Murphy

George Dixon (75-32-61) and Johnny Murphy (0-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Dixon

Wins

Losses

Draws176 tracked bouts

Murphy

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 5 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

Dixon leads 1–0

George Dixon and Johnny Murphy have met 1 time; Dixon leads 1–0.
Met	1890Oct 23	Series
George DixonFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Johnny MurphyFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KODixon vs Murphy	1Meeting

Dixon vs Murphy · Oct 23, 1890

The Numbers

Dixon 3 · Murphy 1 of 4 measurable rows

DixonEdge = longer wingMurphy

Record^†: 75-32-61 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%: 62.8% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 48%—
Times stopped^‡max 6: 6
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.8: 8.8 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 176: 176
5

† 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: George Dixon: 5′3″; Johnny Murphy: No height on file
Reachnot held: George Dixon: 66″; Johnny Murphy: No reach on file
Agenot held: George Dixon: Died aged 37; Johnny Murphy: No date of birth
Stance: George Dixon: Orthodox; Johnny Murphy: Not recorded

George Dixon left, Johnny 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

George Dixon75 wins · from 176 tracked bouts

36 by KO/TKO 48%29 on the cards 39%10 by another method or unrecorded 13%

Johnny Murphy0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Dixon 176, Johnny Murphy 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Dixon better on 1 · Murphy better on 12 shared · George Dixon better on 1 · Johnny Murphy better on 1

DixonGeorge Dixon

Opponent

MurphyJohnny Murphy

George Dixon
1–2–1 against
Win, PTS
1903Nov 1903
Loss, PTS
1903Jun 1903
Loss, PTS
1902Sep 1902
Draw, PTS
1896Jan 1896
PalmerPedlar PalmerUnited Kingdom 51–15–4Murphy betterJohnny Murphy better — 0–1 to 1–2–1
Johnny Murphy
Loss, PTS
1896Oct 1896
George Dixon
2–0 against
Win, KO 6
1897Jan 1897
Win, DQ
1893Dec 1893
MurphyTorpedo Billy MurphyNew Zealand 90–51–24 · FeatherweightDixon betterGeorge Dixon better — 2–0 to 0–0
Johnny Murphy
No contest, NC
1892May 1892

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

George Dixon has lost the most recent, to Monk The Newsboy. Dixon last boxed on Dec 10, 1906.WWDDL

Howe Dec 1905Shea Jan 1906Haley Jan 1906Ryan May 1906Newsboy Dec 19068.8 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Murphy last boxed on Aug 14, 1908 — 43,166 days ago. Murphy had lost two straight.DLNCLL

Weir Sep 1887Dixon Oct 1890Murphy May 1892Palmer Oct 1896Welsh Aug 19080.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have George Dixon and Johnny Murphy ever fought each other?: Yes. George Dixon and Johnny Murphy met once on October 23, 1890, and George Dixon won by KO.
Who has the better record, Dixon or Murphy?: George Dixon is 75-32-61 and Johnny Murphy is 0-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Dixon has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Dixon and Murphy have any common opponents?: George Dixon and Johnny Murphy share 2 common opponents: Pedlar Palmer and Torpedo Billy Murphy. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dixon and Murphy?: This comparison is drawn from 176 bouts tracked for George Dixon and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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