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Jake Kilrain vs Tommy Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake Kilrain

Tommy Kelly

Jake Kilrain (31-5-8) and Tommy Kelly (0-1-1 across 2 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

Kelly

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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 Tommy Kelly have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.

Jake Kilrain and Tommy Kelly have met 1 time; Kilrain leads 1–0.
Met1886Nov 17Series
Jake KilrainFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy KellyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Kilrain 4 · Kelly 1 of 5 measurable rows
KilrainKelly
Record†
31-5-8 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
79.5% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
2

† 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
Tommy Kelly: No date of birth

Jake Kilrain left, Tommy Kelly 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%

Tommy Kelly0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tommy Kelly: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake Kilrain 46, Tommy Kelly 2 — 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

Tommy Kelly last boxed on Dec 1, 1892 — 48,904 days ago. Kelly had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Tommy Ryan.LD

Kilrain Nov 1886Ryan Dec 18920.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake Kilrain and Tommy Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake Kilrain and Tommy Kelly met once on November 17, 1886, and Jake Kilrain won by KO.
The meeting

WNov 17, 1886 · Kilrain · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kilrain or Kelly?
Jake Kilrain is 31-5-8 and Tommy Kelly is 0-1-1 across the 2 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%

Kelly0–1–125%

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

Kilrain1858.1%

Kelly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kilrain and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jake Kilrain and Tommy Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kilrain and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Jake Kilrain and 2 bouts tracked for Tommy Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kilrain46bouts

Kelly2bouts

How They Win ↓

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