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Harlem Tommy Murphy vs Willie Ritchie — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Harlem Tommy Murphy

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Willie Ritchie

Harlem Tommy Murphy (87-30-25) and Willie Ritchie (45-14-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Murphy

87

Wins25 KO · 29%

30

Losses

25

Draws25 tracked bouts

Ritchie

45

Wins9 KO · 20%

14

Losses

17

Draws77 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ritchie leads 1–0

Harlem Tommy Murphy and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.

Harlem Tommy Murphy and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.
Met1914Apr 17Series
Harlem Tommy MurphyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie RitchieFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Murphy 3 · Ritchie 4 of 7 measurable rows
MurphyRitchie
Record
87-30-2545-14-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
70.1%
70.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
9
KO rate0–100%
28.74% (edge)
20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
11%
20% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
2.6
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 77
25
77

† 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 comparable
Harlem Tommy Murphy: Died aged 73
Willie Ritchie: Died aged 84
Stance
Harlem Tommy Murphy: Orthodox
Willie Ritchie: Orthodox

Harlem Tommy Murphy left, Willie Ritchie right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harlem Tommy Murphy9 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Harlem Tommy Murphy: 9 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (11%), 3 on the cards (33%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (56%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 11%3 on the cards 33%5 by another method or unrecorded 56%

Willie Ritchie45 wins · from 77 tracked bouts

Willie Ritchie: 45 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (20%), 23 on the cards (51%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 77 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 20%23 on the cards 51%13 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harlem Tommy Murphy 25, Willie Ritchie 77 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Ritchie better on 2

Murphy

Opponent

Ritchie

  • Harlem Tommy Murphy

    2–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1913

    Draw, PTS

    1913

    Win, NWS

    1909

    WolgastRitchie better

    Willie Ritchie

    3–0 against

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Win, DQ 16

    1912

    Win, NWS

    1912

  • Harlem Tommy Murphy

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    Loss, NWS

    1908

    ErneRitchie better

    Willie Ritchie

    Win, NWS

    1912

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

Harlem Tommy Murphy has lost two straight, after one straight win. Murphy last boxed on Apr 17, 1914.DDWLL

Attell Aug 1912Wolgast Feb 1913Wolgast Apr 1913McFarland Oct 1913Ritchie Apr 19142.6 tracked bouts per year

Willie Ritchie has won three straight since losing a decision to Joe Simonich. Ritchie last boxed on Aug 29, 1927.WLWWW

Holley May 1923Simonich Aug 1924Comiskey Jun 1927LaSalle Aug 1927Hoppe Aug 19273.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harlem Tommy Murphy and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?
Yes. Harlem Tommy Murphy and Willie Ritchie met once on April 17, 1914, and Willie Ritchie won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 17, 1914 · Ritchie · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Murphy or Ritchie?
Harlem Tommy Murphy is 87-30-25 and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Murphy87–30–2570.1%

Ritchie45–14–1770.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Murphy or Ritchie?
Harlem Tommy Murphy has 25 knockout wins and Willie Ritchie has 9. Harlem Tommy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Murphy2528.7%

Ritchie920%

The Numbers ↓
Do Murphy and Ritchie have any common opponents?
Harlem Tommy Murphy and Willie Ritchie share 2 common opponents: Adolph Wolgast and Young Erne. Willie Ritchie fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Adolph Wolgast2–0–1W

Young ErneLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Murphy and Ritchie?
This comparison is drawn from 25 bouts tracked for Harlem Tommy Murphy and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Murphy25bouts

Ritchie77bouts

How They Win ↓

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