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Harry Harris vs Kid Purdy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Harry Harris

Kid Purdy

Harry Harris (40-2-8) and Kid Purdy (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Harris

40

Wins14 KO · 35%

2

Losses

8

Draws51 tracked bouts

Purdy

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Harris leads 1–0

Harry Harris and Kid Purdy have met 1 time; Harris leads 1–0.

Harry Harris and Kid Purdy have met 1 time; Harris leads 1–0.
Met1899Jan 24Series
Harry HarrisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kid PurdyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Harris 3 · Purdy 0 of 3 measurable rows
HarrisPurdy
Record†
40-2-8 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
88% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 14
14 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
35%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
40%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
51
1

† 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 Harris: 5′8″
Kid Purdy: No height on file
Reachnot held
Harry Harris: 68″
Kid Purdy: No reach on file
Agenot held
Harry Harris: Died aged 78
Kid Purdy: No date of birth
Stance
Harry Harris: Orthodox
Kid Purdy: Not recorded

Harry Harris left, Kid Purdy 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 Harris40 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Harry Harris: 40 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (40%), 20 on the cards (50%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 40%20 on the cards 50%4 by another method or unrecorded 10%

Kid Purdy0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Kid Purdy: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Purdy yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harry Harris 51, Kid Purdy 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Harry Harris has won three straight since two bouts without a win. Harris last boxed on Jun 3, 1907.LDWWW

Dougherty Mar 1902McCloskey May 1905Abel Dec 1905Goodman Mar 1907Murphy Jun 19074.6 tracked bouts per year

Kid Purdy last boxed on Jan 24, 1899 — 46,654 days ago. Purdy had lost the most recent, to Harry Harris.L

Harris Jan 1899

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Harris and Kid Purdy ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Harris and Kid Purdy met once on January 24, 1899, and Harry Harris won by PTS.
The meeting

WJan 24, 1899 · Harris · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Harris or Purdy?
Harry Harris is 40-2-8 and Kid Purdy is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Harry Harris has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Harris40–2–888%

Purdy0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Harris or Purdy?
Harry Harris has 14 knockout wins and Kid Purdy has 0. Harry Harris has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Harris1435%

Purdy0

The Numbers ↓
Do Harris and Purdy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harry Harris and Kid Purdy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harris and Purdy?
This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Harry Harris and 1 bout tracked for Kid Purdy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Harris51bouts

Purdy1bout

How They Win ↓

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