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Happy Howard vs Mike McTigue — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Howard

🇮🇪LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Mike McTigue

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.

Howard

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McTigue

111

Wins52 KO · 47%

45

Losses

14

Draws174 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

Series level 1–1

Happy Howard and Mike McTigue have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Happy Howard and Mike McTigue have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1915May 211916May 27Series
Happy HowardFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Mike McTigueFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultNWSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Howard 1 · McTigue 6 of 7 measurable rows
HowardMcTigue
Record†
1-7111-45-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
69.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.85%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
47% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
0 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 10.5
0.8
10.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 174
8
174

† 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
Happy Howard: No height on file
Mike McTigue: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Happy Howard: No reach on file
Mike McTigue: 72″
Agenot held
Happy Howard: No date of birth
Mike McTigue: Died aged 73
Stance
Happy Howard: Not recorded
Mike McTigue: Orthodox

Happy Howard left, Mike McTigue 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 Howard1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Happy Howard: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Mike McTigue111 wins · from 174 tracked bouts

Mike McTigue: 111 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (47%), 23 on the cards (21%) and 36 by another method or unrecorded (32%). Counted from 174 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 47%23 on the cards 21%36 by another method or unrecorded 32%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Happy Howard 8, Mike McTigue 174 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Howard better on 1 · McTigue better on 1 · even on 2

Howard

Opponent

McTigue

  • Happy Howard

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    DelaneyEven

    Mike McTigue

    Loss, TKO 4

    1926

  • Happy Howard

    Loss, PTS

    1924

    SmithHoward better

    Mike McTigue

    1–2 against

    Win, PTS

    1921

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1917

  • Happy Howard

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1923

    Loss, PTS

    1923

    StriblingMcTigue better

    Mike McTigue

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1924

    Draw, PTS

    1923

  • Happy Howard

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    GrebEven

    Mike McTigue

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1918

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

Happy Howard last boxed on Oct 27, 1924 — 37,250 days ago. Howard had lost six straight.LLLLL

Greb Jun 1919Delaney Aug 1921Stribling Apr 1923Stribling Jun 1923Smith Oct 19240.8 tracked bouts per year

Mike McTigue has lost two straight. McTigue last boxed on Sep 22, 1930.LWDLL

Godwin Apr 1930Neron Jun 1930Armen Jul 1930Perroni Sep 1930Johnson Sep 193010.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

WMay 27, 1916 · Howard · NWS

LMay 21, 1915 · McTigue · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Howard or 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.
Records · win %

Howard1–712.5%

McTigue111–45–1469.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Howard or McTigue?
Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Mike McTigue has 52. Mike McTigue has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Howard0

McTigue5246.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Howard and McTigue have any common opponents?
Happy Howard and Mike McTigue share 4 common opponents: Jack Delaney, Jeff Smith and Young Stribling (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Jack DelaneyLL

Jeff SmithL1–2

Young StriblingL0–1–1

Harry GrebLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard and McTigue?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 174 bouts tracked for Mike McTigue. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Howard8bouts

McTigue174bouts

How They Win ↓

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