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Jack Murphy vs Jack Root — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jack Murphy

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Jack Root

Jack Murphy (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jack Root (47-3-3) 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.

Murphy

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 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

Root leads 1–0

Jack Murphy and Jack Root have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.

Jack Murphy and Jack Root have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.
Met1898Aug 19Series
Jack MurphyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack RootFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Murphy 0 · Root 4 of 4 measurable rows
MurphyRoot
Record†
0-347-3-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.6
0.1
6.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
3
55

† 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 Murphy: No date of birth
Jack Root: Died aged 87

Jack Murphy left, Jack Root right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jack Murphy0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jack Murphy: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

Jack Root47 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jack Root: 47 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (60%), 15 on the cards (32%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 60%15 on the cards 32%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Murphy 3, Jack Root 55 — 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 Murphy last boxed on May 29, 1930 — 35,207 days ago. Murphy had lost three straight.LLL

Martin Sep 1886Root Aug 1898Yarosz May 19300.1 tracked bouts per year

Jack Root has won once since losing by stoppage to Marvin Hart. Root last boxed on Feb 26, 1906.WNCWLW

Gardiner May 1904Ryan Nov 1904Willie Dec 1904Hart Jul 1905Russell Feb 19066.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Murphy and Jack Root ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Murphy and Jack Root met once on August 19, 1898, and Jack Root won by KO.
The meeting

LAug 19, 1898 · Root · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Murphy or Root?
Jack Murphy is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Root is 47-3-3. Jack Root has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Murphy0–30%

Root47–3–391.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Murphy or Root?
Jack Murphy has 0 knockout wins and Jack Root has 28. Jack Root has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Murphy0

Root2859.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Murphy and Root have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Murphy and Jack Root have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Murphy and Root?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jack Murphy and 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Murphy3bouts

Root55bouts

How They Win ↓

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