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Harry Forbes vs Joe Coster — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Harry Forbes

Joe Coster

Harry Forbes (96-20-27) and Joe Coster (1-4-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Forbes

96

Wins45 KO · 47%

20

Losses

27

Draws144 tracked bouts

Coster

Tracked record

1–4–1

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Forbes leads 1–0

Harry Forbes and Joe Coster have met 1 time; Forbes leads 1–0.

Harry Forbes and Joe Coster have met 1 time; Forbes leads 1–0.
Met1910Feb 14Series
Harry ForbesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe CosterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Forbes 5 · Coster 1 of 6 measurable rows
ForbesCoster
Record†
96-20-27 (edge)1-4-1
Win %0–100%
76.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 45
45 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
46.88%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 12
12
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.6
4.6 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
144
7

† 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
Harry Forbes: 5′3″
Joe Coster: No height on file
Reachnot held
Harry Forbes: 65″
Joe Coster: No reach on file
Agenot held
Harry Forbes: Died aged 67
Joe Coster: No date of birth
Stance
Harry Forbes: Orthodox
Joe Coster: Not recorded

Harry Forbes left, Joe Coster right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harry Forbes96 wins · from 144 tracked bouts

Harry Forbes: 96 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (47%), 38 on the cards (40%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (14%). Counted from 144 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 47%38 on the cards 40%13 by another method or unrecorded 14%

Joe Coster1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Coster: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harry Forbes 144, Joe Coster 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Coster better on 2

Forbes

Opponent

Coster

  • Harry Forbes

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    CoulonCoster better

    Joe Coster

    Draw, NWS

    1909

  • Harry Forbes

    1–3–2 against

    Loss, TKO

    1910

    Loss, PTS

    1905

    Loss, KO 5

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1902

    Win, PTS

    1901

    AttellCoster better

    Joe Coster

    Loss, NWS

    1911

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

Harry Forbes has lost five straight. Forbes last boxed on Jan 27, 1928.LLLLL

Williams Jul 1912McCue Aug 1912Meehan Sep 1913Katz Oct 1922Moore Jan 19284.6 tracked bouts per year

Joe Coster last boxed on Apr 13, 1914 — 41,097 days ago. Coster had lost the most recent, to George Chaney.LWLNCL

Forbes Feb 1910Walsh Dec 1910Attell Jan 1911Walsh Apr 1912Chaney Apr 19141.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Forbes and Joe Coster ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Forbes and Joe Coster met once on February 14, 1910, and Harry Forbes won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WFeb 14, 1910 · Forbes · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Forbes or Coster?
Harry Forbes is 96-20-27 and Joe Coster is 1-4-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Harry Forbes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Forbes96–20–2776.6%

Coster1–4–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Forbes or Coster?
Harry Forbes has 45 knockout wins and Joe Coster has 0. Harry Forbes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Forbes4546.9%

Coster0

The Numbers ↓
Do Forbes and Coster have any common opponents?
Harry Forbes and Joe Coster share 2 common opponents: Johnny Coulon and Abe Attell. Joe Coster fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Johnny CoulonLD

Abe Attell1–3–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Forbes and Coster?
This comparison is drawn from 144 bouts tracked for Harry Forbes and 7 bouts tracked for Joe Coster. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Forbes144bouts

Coster7bouts

How They Win ↓

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