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Happy Gorman vs Kid Kaplan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Gorman

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Kid Kaplan

Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan (121-22-16) 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.

Gorman

Record pending

Kaplan

121

Wins27 KO · 22%

22

Losses

16

Draws160 tracked bouts

Heads up: we don't hold a record for one of these fighters yet, so the rows that depend on it are blank. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

1 meeting, no result recorded

Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.

Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.
Met1919Sep 2Series
Happy GormanFighter AResult pending0–0W–L
Kid KaplanFighter BResult pending0–0W–L
ResultND1Meeting

The Numbers

Gorman 1 · Kaplan 1 of 2 measurable rows
GormanKaplan
Record
—121-22-16
Win %not comparable
—81.1%
Wins by knockoutnot comparable
—27
KO ratenot comparable
—22.31%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—22%
Times stopped†max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡not comparable
—10.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 160
0
160

† 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

Reachnot held
Happy Gorman: No reach on file
Kid Kaplan: 63″
Agenot held
Happy Gorman: No date of birth
Kid Kaplan: Died aged 69
Stance
Happy Gorman: Not recorded
Kid Kaplan: Orthodox

Happy Gorman left, Kid Kaplan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Happy GormanNo tracked bouts

Happy Gorman: no completed bouts ingested yet, so there is no method split to show.

No tracked wins for Gorman yet.

Kid Kaplan121 wins · from 160 tracked bouts

Kid Kaplan: 121 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (22%), 75 on the cards (62%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 160 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 22%75 on the cards 62%19 by another method or unrecorded 16%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Happy Gorman 0, Kid Kaplan 160 — 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

Happy Gorman has no completed bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Record pending.

Kid Kaplan had won one in a row before losing a decision to Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Kaplan last boxed on Feb 20, 1933.WWLWL

Rossi Jul 1932Petrolle Aug 1932Villa Sep 1932Holmes Oct 1932Hardwick Feb 193310.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan ever fought each other?
Yes. Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan met once on September 2, 1919, and the bout produced no decision by ND.
The meeting

Sep 2, 1919 · Result pending · ND

Head to Head ↓
Do Gorman and Kaplan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Happy Gorman and Kid Kaplan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gorman and Kaplan?
This comparison is drawn from 0 bouts tracked for Happy Gorman and 160 bouts tracked for Kid Kaplan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gorman0bouts

Kaplan160bouts

How They Win ↓

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