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George Shrosbree vs Tommy Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Shrosbree (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) 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.

Shrosbree

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

47

Wins35 KO · 74%

5

Losses

9

Draws64 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

Burns leads 1–0

George Shrosbree and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

George Shrosbree and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met1904Feb 26Series
George ShrosbreeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Shrosbree 0 · Burns 4 of 4 measurable rows
ShrosbreeBurns
Record†
0-147-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
1
64

† 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 Shrosbree: No height on file
Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held
George Shrosbree: No reach on file
Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held
George Shrosbree: No date of birth
Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance
George Shrosbree: Not recorded
Tommy Burns: Orthodox

George Shrosbree left, Tommy Burns 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 Shrosbree0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

George Shrosbree: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shrosbree yet.

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Tommy Burns: 48 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (73%), 11 on the cards (23%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Shrosbree 1, Tommy Burns 64 — 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 Shrosbree last boxed on Feb 26, 1904 — 44,800 days ago. Shrosbree had lost the most recent, to Tommy Burns.L

Burns Feb 1904

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Shrosbree and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. George Shrosbree and Tommy Burns met once on February 26, 1904, and Tommy Burns won by KO.
The meeting

LFeb 26, 1904 · Burns · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shrosbree or Burns?
George Shrosbree is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shrosbree0–10%

Burns47–5–984.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shrosbree or Burns?
George Shrosbree has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shrosbree0

Burns3574.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shrosbree and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Shrosbree and Tommy Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shrosbree and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for George Shrosbree and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shrosbree1bout

Burns64bouts

How They Win ↓

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