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Jack Dempsey vs Tom McCarty — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Dempsey

Tom McCarty

Jack Dempsey (68-6-10) and Tom McCarty (1-8-1 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Dempsey

68

Wins53 KO · 78%

6

Losses

10

Draws85 tracked bouts

McCarty

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 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 1–0

Jack Dempsey and Tom McCarty have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.

Jack Dempsey and Tom McCarty have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.
Met1918Jul 1Series
Jack DempseyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom McCartyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Dempsey 7 · McCarty 0 of 7 measurable rows
DempseyMcCarty
Record†
68-6-10 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%
86.9% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 53
53 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.94%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
85
10

† 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″
Tom McCarty: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jack Dempsey: 73″
Tom McCarty: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jack Dempsey: Died aged 87
Tom McCarty: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Dempsey: Orthodox
Tom McCarty: Not recorded

Jack Dempsey left, Tom McCarty 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%

Tom McCarty1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Tom McCarty: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 10 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 — Jack Dempsey 85, Tom McCarty 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Dempsey better on 3

Dempsey

Opponent

McCarty

  • Jack Dempsey

    2–0–1 against

    Win, KO 3

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Draw, NWS

    1918

    MiskeDempsey better

    Tom McCarty

    Loss, KO 2

    1921

  • Jack Dempsey

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1918

    Win, KO 2

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1917

    SmithDempsey better

    Tom McCarty

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Loss, TKO 4

    1914

  • Jack Dempsey

    Win, KO 3

    1918

    LevinskyDempsey better

    Tom McCarty

    1–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Win, 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

Tom McCarty last boxed on Feb 15, 1923 — 37,870 days ago. McCarty had lost four straight.DLLLL

Dillon Aug 1915Levinsky Nov 1915Dempsey Jul 1918Miske May 1921Langford Feb 19231.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Dempsey and Tom McCarty ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Dempsey and Tom McCarty met once on July 1, 1918, and Jack Dempsey won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WJul 1, 1918 · Dempsey · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dempsey or McCarty?
Jack Dempsey is 68-6-10 and Tom McCarty is 1-8-1 across the 10 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%

McCarty1–8–115%

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

Dempsey5377.9%

McCarty0

The Numbers ↓
Do Dempsey and McCarty have any common opponents?
Jack Dempsey and Tom McCarty share 3 common opponents: Billy Miske, Gunboat Smith and Battling Levinsky. Jack Dempsey fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Billy Miske2–0–1L

Gunboat SmithWL

Battling LevinskyW1–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dempsey and McCarty?
This comparison is drawn from 85 bouts tracked for Jack Dempsey and 10 bouts tracked for Tom McCarty. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dempsey85bouts

McCarty10bouts

How They Win ↓

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