Have George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?

Yes. George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd met once on April 26, 1920, and Mike O'Dowd won by TKO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Samson or O'Dowd?

George K.O. Samson is 1-9 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Samson or O'Dowd?

George K.O. Samson has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.

Do Samson and O'Dowd have any common opponents?

George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd share 1 common opponent: Jeff Smith. Mike O'Dowd fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Samson and O'Dowd?

This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for George K.O. Samson and 116 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

George K.O. Samson vs Mike O'Dowd — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

George K.O. Samson

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Mike O'Dowd

George K.O. Samson (1-9 across 10 tracked bouts) and Mike O'Dowd (93-16-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Samson

Tracked record

1–9

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

O'Dowd

Wins39 KO · 42%

Losses

Draws116 tracked bouts

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

O'Dowd leads 1–0

George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; O'Dowd leads 1–0.
Met	1920Apr 26	Series
George K.O. SamsonFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Mike O'DowdFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR4O'Dowd vs Samson	1Meeting

O'Dowd vs Samson · Apr 26, 1920

The Numbers

Samson 0 · O'Dowd 6 of 6 measurable rows

SamsonEdge = longer wingO'Dowd

Record^†: 1-993-16-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 10%
83.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39: 0
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —41.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
44% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 11.4: 0.9
11.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 116: 10
116

† 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 K.O. Samson: No date of birth; Mike O'Dowd: Died aged 62

George K.O. Samson left, Mike O'Dowd right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

George K.O. Samson1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Mike O'Dowd93 wins · from 116 tracked bouts

41 by KO/TKO 44%11 on the cards 12%41 by another method or unrecorded 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George K.O. Samson 10, Mike O'Dowd 116 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · O'Dowd better on 11 shared · Mike O'Dowd better on 1

SamsonGeorge K.O. Samson

Opponent

O'DowdMike O'Dowd

George K.O. Samson
0–2 against
Loss, KO 2
1924May 1924
Loss, NWS
1919Nov 1919
SmithJeff SmithUnited States 141–34–5O'Dowd betterMike O'Dowd better — 1–0 to 0–2
Mike O'Dowd
Win, SD
1920Nov 1920

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 K.O. Samson last boxed on Mar 26, 1928 — 36,003 days ago. Samson had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Hauck Mar 1920O'Dowd Apr 1920Hauck May 1920Smith May 1924Levinsky Mar 19280.9 tracked bouts per year

Mike O'Dowd had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jock Malone. O'Dowd last boxed on Mar 16, 1923.WWLWL

Bartfield Mar 1922Gibbons May 1922Downey May 1922Rosenberg Nov 1922Malone Mar 192311.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?: Yes. George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd met once on April 26, 1920, and Mike O'Dowd won by TKO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Samson or O'Dowd?: George K.O. Samson is 1-9 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Samson or O'Dowd?: George K.O. Samson has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.
Do Samson and O'Dowd have any common opponents?: George K.O. Samson and Mike O'Dowd share 1 common opponent: Jeff Smith. Mike O'Dowd fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Samson and O'Dowd?: This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for George K.O. Samson and 116 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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