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George Godfrey vs Jack Roper — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Godfrey

Jack Roper

George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) and Jack Roper (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Roper

Tracked record

0–5

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

Godfrey leads 2–0

George Godfrey and Jack Roper have met 2 times; Godfrey leads 2–0.

George Godfrey and Jack Roper have met 2 times; Godfrey leads 2–0.
Met1927Apr 61927May 5Series
George GodfreyFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Jack RoperFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR9TKOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Godfrey 4 · Roper 1 of 5 measurable rows
GodfreyRoper
Record†
98-21-3 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
81.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 79
79 (edge)
0
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
82%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
7.2 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
127
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

Agenot held
George Godfrey: Died aged 50
Jack Roper: No date of birth
Stance
George Godfrey: Orthodox
Jack Roper: Not recorded

George Godfrey left, Jack Roper 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 Godfrey98 wins · from 127 tracked bouts

George Godfrey: 98 tracked wins — 80 by KO/TKO (82%), 16 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

80 by KO/TKO 82%16 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jack Roper0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack Roper: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roper yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Godfrey 127, Jack Roper 5 — 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

George Godfrey had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Hank Hankinson. Godfrey last boxed on Aug 10, 1937.WLWWL

Pavelescu Jun 1935Spakow Jun 1935Charles Oct 1935Wells Aug 1936Hankinson Aug 19377.2 tracked bouts per year

Jack Roper last boxed on Apr 17, 1939 — 31,965 days ago. Roper had lost five straight.LLLLL

Godfrey Apr 1927Godfrey May 1927Braddock Mar 1931Godoy Jan 1937Louis Apr 19390.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Godfrey and Jack Roper ever fought each other?
Yes. George Godfrey and Jack Roper have met 2 times and George Godfrey leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WMay 5, 1927 · Godfrey · TKO R5

WApr 6, 1927 · Godfrey · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Godfrey or Roper?
George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Roper is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Godfrey98–21–381.6%

Roper0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Godfrey or Roper?
George Godfrey has 79 knockout wins and Jack Roper has 0. George Godfrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Godfrey79

Roper0

The Numbers ↓
Do Godfrey and Roper have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Godfrey and Jack Roper have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Godfrey and Roper?
This comparison is drawn from 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey and 5 bouts tracked for Jack Roper. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Godfrey127bouts

Roper5bouts

How They Win ↓

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