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Jim Briggs vs Sam McVey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Briggs

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Sam McVey

Jim Briggs (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Sam McVey (78-18-13) 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.

Briggs

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McVey

78

Wins60 KO · 77%

18

Losses

13

Draws112 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

McVey leads 1–0

Jim Briggs and Sam McVey have met 1 time; McVey leads 1–0.

Jim Briggs and Sam McVey have met 1 time; McVey leads 1–0.
Met1917Jan 27Series
Jim BriggsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam McVeyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Briggs 1 · McVey 3 of 4 measurable rows
BriggsMcVey
Record†
0-478-18-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 60
0
60 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—77%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
4
112

† 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
Jim Briggs: No date of birth
Sam McVey: Died aged 37
Stance
Jim Briggs: Not recorded
Sam McVey: Orthodox

Jim Briggs left, Sam McVey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Briggs0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Jim Briggs: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Briggs yet.

Sam McVey78 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Sam McVey: 78 tracked wins — 60 by KO/TKO (77%), 13 on the cards (17%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

60 by KO/TKO 77%13 on the cards 17%5 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Briggs 4, Sam McVey 112 — 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

Jim Briggs last boxed on Jan 27, 1917 — 40,076 days ago. Briggs had lost four straight.LLLL

Norfolk Sep 1916Gans Nov 1916Gans Jan 1917McVey Jan 1917

Sam McVey drew the most recent tracked bout with Jeff Clark. McVey last boxed on Aug 1, 1921.NCNCWWD

Wills Sep 1920Thompson Mar 1921Clark Mar 1921Clark Jul 1921Clark Aug 19215.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Briggs and Sam McVey ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Briggs and Sam McVey met once on January 27, 1917, and Sam McVey won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1917 · McVey · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Briggs or McVey?
Jim Briggs is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sam McVey is 78-18-13. Sam McVey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Briggs0–40%

McVey78–18–1377.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Briggs or McVey?
Jim Briggs has 0 knockout wins and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Briggs0

McVey6076.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Briggs and McVey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Briggs and Sam McVey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Briggs and McVey?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Jim Briggs and 112 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Briggs4bouts

McVey112bouts

How They Win ↓

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