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Jack Dempsey vs Terry Kellar — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Dempsey

Terry Kellar

Jack Dempsey (68-6-10) and Terry Kellar (0-7-1 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Dempsey

68

Wins53 KO · 78%

6

Losses

10

Draws85 tracked bouts

Kellar

Tracked record

0–7–1

counted from 8 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

Dempsey leads 3–0

Jack Dempsey and Terry Kellar have met 3 times; Dempsey leads 3–0.

Jack Dempsey and Terry Kellar have met 3 times; Dempsey leads 3–0.
Met1916May 31916Oct 71918Aug 24Series
Jack DempseyFighter AWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
Terry KellarFighter BLLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
ResultPTSPTSTKOR53Meetings

The Numbers

Dempsey 5 · Kellar 0 of 5 measurable rows
DempseyKellar
Record†
68-6-10 (edge)0-7-1
Win %0–100%
86.9% (edge)
6.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 53
53 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.94%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
79%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
8

† 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
Jack Dempsey: 6′1″
Terry Kellar: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jack Dempsey: 73″
Terry Kellar: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jack Dempsey: Died aged 87
Terry Kellar: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Dempsey: Orthodox
Terry Kellar: Not recorded

Jack Dempsey left, Terry Kellar 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 Dempsey68 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Jack Dempsey: 68 tracked wins — 54 by KO/TKO (79%), 9 on the cards (13%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

54 by KO/TKO 79%9 on the cards 13%5 by another method or unrecorded 7%

Terry Kellar0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Terry Kellar: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kellar yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Dempsey 85, Terry Kellar 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Dempsey better on 2

Dempsey

Opponent

Kellar

  • Jack Dempsey

    2–0–1 against

    Win, KO 3

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Draw, NWS

    1918

    MiskeDempsey better

    Terry Kellar

    Draw, NWS

    1915

  • Jack Dempsey

    Win, KO 3

    1918

    LevinskyDempsey better

    Terry Kellar

    Loss, NWS

    1914

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

Jack Dempsey had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gene Tunney. Dempsey last boxed on Sep 22, 1927.WWLWL

Gibbons Jul 1923Firpo Sep 1923Tunney Sep 1926Sharkey Jul 1927Tunney Sep 19276.5 tracked bouts per year

Terry Kellar last boxed on Dec 9, 1920 — 38,668 days ago. Kellar had lost six straight.LLLLL

Dempsey Oct 1916Greb Jan 1918Dempsey Aug 1918Greb Aug 1919Langford Dec 19201.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Dempsey and Terry Kellar ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Dempsey and Terry Kellar have met 3 times and Jack Dempsey leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

WAug 24, 1918 · Dempsey · TKO R5

WOct 7, 1916 · Dempsey · PTS

WMay 3, 1916 · Dempsey · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dempsey or Kellar?
Jack Dempsey is 68-6-10 and Terry Kellar is 0-7-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Dempsey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dempsey68–6–1086.9%

Kellar0–7–16.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dempsey or Kellar?
Jack Dempsey has 53 knockout wins and Terry Kellar has 0. Jack Dempsey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dempsey5377.9%

Kellar0

The Numbers ↓
Do Dempsey and Kellar have any common opponents?
Jack Dempsey and Terry Kellar share 2 common opponents: Billy Miske and Battling Levinsky. Jack Dempsey fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Billy Miske2–0–1D

Battling LevinskyWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dempsey and Kellar?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Jack Dempsey and 8 bouts tracked for Terry Kellar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dempsey85bouts

Kellar8bouts

How They Win ↓

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