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Harry Laing vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Harry Laing

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Harry Laing (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) 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.

Laing

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

Draws194 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

Laing leads 1–0

Harry Laing and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.

Harry Laing and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.
Met1887Jun 6Series
Harry LaingFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Laing 4 · Murphy 1 of 5 measurable rows
LaingMurphy
Record†
1-0 (edge)90-51-24
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
61.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 76
1
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
71%
Times stopped‡max 30
0 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
1
194

† 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 Laing: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Harry Laing: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Harry Laing: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Harry Laing left, Torpedo Billy Murphy 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 Laing1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Harry Laing: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harry Laing 1, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — 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 Laing last boxed on Jun 6, 1887 — 50,912 days ago. Laing had won once, the most recent against Torpedo Billy Murphy.W

Murphy Jun 1887

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harry Laing and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Harry Laing and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on June 6, 1887, and Harry Laing won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WJun 6, 1887 · Laing · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Laing or Murphy?
Harry Laing is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Harry Laing has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Laing1–0100%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Laing or Murphy?
Harry Laing has 1 knockout win and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Laing1

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Laing and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harry Laing and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Laing and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Harry Laing and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Laing1bout

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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