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Jake Kilrain vs Joe Godfrey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake Kilrain

Joe Godfrey

Jake Kilrain (31-5-8) and Joe Godfrey (0-4 across 4 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.

Kilrain

31

Wins18 KO · 58%

5

Losses

8

Draws46 tracked bouts

Godfrey

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Kilrain leads 1–0

Jake Kilrain and Joe Godfrey have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.

Jake Kilrain and Joe Godfrey have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.
Met1886Nov 15Series
Jake KilrainFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe GodfreyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Kilrain 4 · Godfrey 1 of 5 measurable rows
KilrainGodfrey
Record†
31-5-8 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
79.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
4

† 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
Jake Kilrain: Died aged 78
Joe Godfrey: No date of birth

Jake Kilrain left, Joe Godfrey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jake Kilrain30 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Jake Kilrain: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%) and 12 on the cards (40%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%12 on the cards 40%

Joe Godfrey0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Joe Godfrey: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Godfrey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake Kilrain 46, Joe Godfrey 4 — 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

Jake Kilrain has lost three straight. Kilrain last boxed on Oct 20, 1899.LDLLL

Slavin Jun 1891O'Donnell Mar 1895O'Donnell May 1895Slavin Sep 1896O'Donnell Oct 18992.2 tracked bouts per year

Joe Godfrey last boxed on Apr 21, 1893 — 48,763 days ago. Godfrey had lost four straight.LLLL

Kilrain Nov 1886Choynski Apr 1892Fitzsimmons May 1892Fitzsimmons Apr 18930.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake Kilrain and Joe Godfrey ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake Kilrain and Joe Godfrey met once on November 15, 1886, and Jake Kilrain won by KO.
The meeting

WNov 15, 1886 · Kilrain · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kilrain or Godfrey?
Jake Kilrain is 31-5-8 and Joe Godfrey is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jake Kilrain has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kilrain31–5–879.5%

Godfrey0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kilrain or Godfrey?
Jake Kilrain has 18 knockout wins and Joe Godfrey has 0. Jake Kilrain has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kilrain1858.1%

Godfrey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kilrain and Godfrey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jake Kilrain and Joe Godfrey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kilrain and Godfrey?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Jake Kilrain and 4 bouts tracked for Joe Godfrey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kilrain46bouts

Godfrey4bouts

How They Win ↓

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