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George Godfrey vs Texas Tanner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Godfrey

Texas Tanner

George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) and Texas Tanner (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tanner

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 1–0

George Godfrey and Texas Tanner have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.

George Godfrey and Texas Tanner have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.
Met1932May 30Series
George GodfreyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Texas TannerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Godfrey 3 · Tanner 1 of 4 measurable rows
GodfreyTanner
Record†
98-21-3 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
7.2—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
127
1

† 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
Texas Tanner: No date of birth
Stance
George Godfrey: Orthodox
Texas Tanner: Not recorded

George Godfrey left, Texas Tanner 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%

Texas Tanner0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Texas Tanner: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Tanner yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Godfrey 127, Texas Tanner 1 — 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

Texas Tanner last boxed on May 30, 1932 — 34,488 days ago. Tanner had lost the most recent, to George Godfrey.L

Godfrey May 1932

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Godfrey and Texas Tanner ever fought each other?
Yes. George Godfrey and Texas Tanner met once on May 30, 1932, and George Godfrey won by KO.
The meeting

WMay 30, 1932 · Godfrey · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Godfrey or Tanner?
George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Texas Tanner is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Tanner0–10%

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

Godfrey79

Tanner0

The Numbers ↓
Do Godfrey and Tanner have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Godfrey and Texas Tanner have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Godfrey and Tanner?
This comparison is drawn from 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey and 1 bout tracked for Texas Tanner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Godfrey127bouts

Tanner1bout

How They Win ↓

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