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Jim Harper vs Luther McCarty — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Harper

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Luther McCarty

Jim Harper (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Luther McCarty (19-4-2) 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.

Harper

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

McCarty

19

Wins15 KO · 79%

4

Losses

2

Draws25 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

McCarty leads 1–0

Jim Harper and Luther McCarty have met 1 time; McCarty leads 1–0.

Jim Harper and Luther McCarty have met 1 time; McCarty leads 1–0.
Met1912Mar 19Series
Jim HarperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Luther McCartyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Harper 0 · McCarty 3 of 3 measurable rows
HarperMcCarty
Record†
0-119-4-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
80% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.95%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—10.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25
1
25

† 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
Jim Harper: No height on file
Luther McCarty: 6′4″
Reachnot held
Jim Harper: No reach on file
Luther McCarty: 80″
Agenot held
Jim Harper: No date of birth
Luther McCarty: Died aged 21

Jim Harper left, Luther McCarty right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Harper0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim Harper: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Harper yet.

Luther McCarty19 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

Luther McCarty: 19 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (79%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (21%). Counted from 25 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 79%4 by another method or unrecorded 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Harper 1, Luther McCarty 25 — 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 Harper last boxed on Mar 19, 1912 — 41,855 days ago. Harper had lost the most recent, to Luther McCarty.L

McCarty Mar 1912

Luther McCarty had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Arthur Pelkey. McCarty last boxed on May 24, 1913.WWWWL

Chiariglione Dec 1912Palzer Jan 1913Chiariglione Apr 1913Moran Apr 1913Pelkey May 191310.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Harper and Luther McCarty ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Harper and Luther McCarty met once on March 19, 1912, and Luther McCarty won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMar 19, 1912 · McCarty · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Harper or McCarty?
Jim Harper is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Luther McCarty is 19-4-2. Luther McCarty has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Harper0–10%

McCarty19–4–280%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Harper or McCarty?
Jim Harper has 0 knockout wins and Luther McCarty has 15. Luther McCarty has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Harper0

McCarty1579%

The Numbers ↓
Do Harper and McCarty have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Harper and Luther McCarty have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harper and McCarty?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jim Harper and 25 bouts tracked for Luther McCarty. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Harper1bout

McCarty25bouts

How They Win ↓

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