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.
Happy Howard (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and Mike McTigue (111-45-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.
Happy Howard vs Mike McTigue — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Happy Howard wonMcTigue vs HowardMay 27, 1916 · NWS
- Mike McTigue wonMcTigue vs HowardMay 21, 1915 · NWS
The Numbers
- 1-7
- Record
- 111-45-14 (edge)
- 12.5%
- Win %
- 69.4% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 52 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 46.85%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 46% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 10.6 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 176
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′9″ (175 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- —
- Age
- 133
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Light Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- Irish
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHappy Howard · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Mike McTigue · 112 wins
KO/TKO
52
Decision
24
Other
36
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 176 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedHappy Howard
LPTS · Jun 1923LPTS · Apr 1923Mike McTigue
LNWS · Mar 1924LNWS · Mar 1924DPTS · Oct 1923
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Happy Howard
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Oct 27, 1924
Mike McTigue
LLDWL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 22, 1930
Common Questions
- Have Happy Howard and Mike McTigue ever fought each other?
- Yes. Happy Howard and Mike McTigue have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Happy Howard or Mike McTigue?
- Happy Howard is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike McTigue is 111-45-14. Mike McTigue has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Happy Howard or Mike McTigue?
- Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Mike McTigue has 52. Mike McTigue has more.
- Do Happy Howard and Mike McTigue have any common opponents?
- Happy Howard and Mike McTigue share 4 common opponents: Jack Delaney, Jeff Smith and Young Stribling (and 1 other). Happy Howard fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Happy Howard and Mike McTigue?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 176 bouts tracked for Mike McTigue. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.