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Harry Forbes vs Patsy Donovan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Harry Forbes

Patsy Donovan

Harry Forbes (96-20-27) and Patsy Donovan (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Forbes

96

Wins45 KO · 47%

20

Losses

27

Draws144 tracked bouts

Donovan

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Patsy Donovan have met 1 time; Forbes leads 1–0.

Harry Forbes and Patsy Donovan have met 1 time; Forbes leads 1–0.
Met1898Sep 2Series
Harry ForbesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Patsy DonovanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Forbes 5 · Donovan 1 of 6 measurable rows
ForbesDonovan
Record†
96-20-27 (edge)1-3
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)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 144
144
4

† 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″
Patsy Donovan: No height on file
Reachnot held
Harry Forbes: 65″
Patsy Donovan: No reach on file
Agenot held
Harry Forbes: Died aged 67
Patsy Donovan: No date of birth
Stance
Harry Forbes: Orthodox
Patsy Donovan: Not recorded

Harry Forbes left, Patsy Donovan 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%

Patsy Donovan1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Patsy Donovan: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 4 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, Patsy Donovan 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Donovan better on 1

Forbes

Opponent

Donovan

  • Harry Forbes

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 2

    1899

    Loss, KO 15

    1898

    McGovernDonovan better

    Patsy Donovan

    Loss, KO 3

    1898

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

Patsy Donovan last boxed on Feb 18, 1902 — 45,533 days ago. Donovan had won once since three straight losses.LLLW

Forbes Sep 1898McGovern Nov 1898Harris Sep 1900Erne Feb 19021.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Forbes and Patsy Donovan ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Forbes and Patsy Donovan met once on September 2, 1898, and Harry Forbes won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WSep 2, 1898 · Forbes · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Forbes or Donovan?
Harry Forbes is 96-20-27 and Patsy Donovan is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Donovan1–325%

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

Forbes4546.9%

Donovan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Forbes and Donovan have any common opponents?
Harry Forbes and Patsy Donovan share 1 common opponent: Terry McGovern. Patsy Donovan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Terry McGovernLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Forbes and Donovan?
This comparison is drawn from 144 bouts tracked for Harry Forbes and 4 bouts tracked for Patsy Donovan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Forbes144bouts

Donovan4bouts

How They Win ↓

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