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Jimmy Kelly vs Pete Herman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Kelly

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Pete Herman

Jimmy Kelly (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Pete Herman (100-32-13) 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.

Kelly

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Herman

100

Wins20 KO · 20%

32

Losses

13

Draws148 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

Herman leads 1–0

Jimmy Kelly and Pete Herman have met 1 time; Herman leads 1–0.

Jimmy Kelly and Pete Herman have met 1 time; Herman leads 1–0.
Met1920Sep 21Series
Jimmy KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pete HermanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 2 · Herman 5 of 7 measurable rows
KellyHerman
Record†
1-4100-32-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
73.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
1
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
19%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 15.5
2.2
15.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 148
5
148

† 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
Jimmy Kelly: No height on file
Pete Herman: 5′2″
Agenot held
Jimmy Kelly: No date of birth
Pete Herman: Died aged 77
Stance
Jimmy Kelly: Not recorded
Pete Herman: Orthodox

Jimmy Kelly left, Pete Herman right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Kelly1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Jimmy Kelly: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Pete Herman103 wins · from 148 tracked bouts

Pete Herman: 103 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (19%), 41 on the cards (40%) and 42 by another method or unrecorded (41%). Counted from 148 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 19%41 on the cards 40%42 by another method or unrecorded 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Kelly 5, Pete Herman 148 — 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

Jimmy Kelly last boxed on Jan 8, 1923 — 37,911 days ago. Kelly had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Herman Sep 1920Taylor Feb 1922Taylor Mar 1922Taylor Sep 1922Taylor Jan 19232.2 tracked bouts per year

Pete Herman has won two straight since losing a decision to Midget Smith. Herman last boxed on Apr 24, 1922.WWLWW

O'Gatty Dec 1921Friedman Dec 1921Smith Dec 1921Asher Feb 1922Moore Apr 192215.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Kelly and Pete Herman ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Kelly and Pete Herman met once on September 21, 1920, and Pete Herman won by NWS.
The meeting

LSep 21, 1920 · Herman · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Herman?
Jimmy Kelly is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Herman is 100-32-13. Pete Herman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly1–420%

Herman100–32–1373.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Herman?
Jimmy Kelly has 1 knockout win and Pete Herman has 20. Pete Herman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly1

Herman2020%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Herman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Kelly and Pete Herman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Herman?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jimmy Kelly and 148 bouts tracked for Pete Herman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly5bouts

Herman148bouts

How They Win ↓

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