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Jack Delaney vs Joe Rivers — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Delaney

Joe Rivers

Jack Delaney (73-11-2) and Joe Rivers (2-5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Delaney

73

Wins43 KO · 59%

11

Losses

2

Draws90 tracked bouts

Rivers

Tracked record

2–5

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

Delaney leads 1–0

Jack Delaney and Joe Rivers have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.

Jack Delaney and Joe Rivers have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.
Met1921Aug 22Series
Jack DelaneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe RiversFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Delaney 5 · Rivers 1 of 6 measurable rows
DelaneyRivers
Record†
73-11-2 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%
86% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 43
43 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
57% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
7.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 90
90
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

Agenot held
Jack Delaney: Died aged 48
Joe Rivers: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Delaney: Orthodox
Joe Rivers: Not recorded

Jack Delaney left, Joe Rivers right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jack Delaney75 wins · from 90 tracked bouts

Jack Delaney: 75 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (57%), 28 on the cards (37%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 90 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 57%28 on the cards 37%4 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Joe Rivers2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Rivers: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Delaney 90, Joe Rivers 7 — 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

Jack Delaney has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Jack Sharkey. Delaney last boxed on Apr 21, 1932.LWWWW

Sharkey Apr 1928Tassi Sep 1928Johnson Mar 1932Willis Mar 1932Williams Apr 19327.2 tracked bouts per year

Joe Rivers last boxed on Jun 26, 1931 — 34,824 days ago. Rivers had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Gans Jun 1918Delaney Aug 1921Canzoneri Aug 1927Bass Jan 1929Lynch Jun 19310.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Delaney and Joe Rivers ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Delaney and Joe Rivers met once on August 22, 1921, and Jack Delaney won by PTS.
The meeting

WAug 22, 1921 · Delaney · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Delaney or Rivers?
Jack Delaney is 73-11-2 and Joe Rivers is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Delaney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Delaney73–11–286%

Rivers2–528.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Delaney or Rivers?
Jack Delaney has 43 knockout wins and Joe Rivers has 0. Jack Delaney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Delaney4358.9%

Rivers0

The Numbers ↓
Do Delaney and Rivers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Delaney and Joe Rivers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Delaney and Rivers?
This comparison is drawn from 90 bouts tracked for Jack Delaney and 7 bouts tracked for Joe Rivers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Delaney90bouts

Rivers7bouts

How They Win ↓

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