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Joe Butler vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Butler

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Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

Joe Butler (2-7 across 10 tracked bouts) and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (147-16-24) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Butler

Tracked record

2–7

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

O'Brien

147

Wins55 KO · 37%

16

Losses

24

Draws188 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

O'Brien leads 1–0

Joe Butler and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have met 1 time; O'Brien leads 1–0.

Joe Butler and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien have met 1 time; O'Brien leads 1–0.
Met1904Sep 29Series
Joe ButlerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Philadelphia Jack O'BrienFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Butler 1 · O'Brien 5 of 6 measurable rows
ButlerO'Brien
Record†
2-7147-16-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
22.2%
85% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 55
1
55 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
37%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
0.6
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 188
10
188

† 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 comparable
Joe Butler: Died aged 76
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Died aged 64
Stance
Joe Butler: Not recorded
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: Orthodox

Joe Butler left, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Butler2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Joe Butler: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien147 wins · from 188 tracked bouts

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien: 147 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (37%), 29 on the cards (20%) and 63 by another method or unrecorded (43%). Counted from 188 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 37%29 on the cards 20%63 by another method or unrecorded 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Butler 10, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien 188 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · O'Brien better on 1

Butler

Opponent

O'Brien

  • Joe Butler

    Loss, KO 3

    1903

    JohnsonO'Brien better

    Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

    Draw, NWS

    1909

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Joe Butler has lost six straight. Butler last boxed on Sep 29, 1904.LLLLL

Armstrong May 1898Childs Jan 1899Childs Dec 1900Johnson May 1903O'Brien Sep 19040.6 tracked bouts per year

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has lost three straight, after one straight win. O'Brien last boxed on Aug 15, 1911.LWLLL

Kaufman Apr 1910Schreck May 1910Koch Jun 1910Ramsey Nov 1910Langford Aug 191112.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Butler and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Butler and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien met once on September 29, 1904, and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 29, 1904 · O'Brien · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Butler or O'Brien?
Joe Butler is 2-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is 147-16-24. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Butler2–722.2%

O'Brien147–16–2485%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Butler or O'Brien?
Joe Butler has 1 knockout win and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has 55. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Butler1

O'Brien5537.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Butler and O'Brien have any common opponents?
Joe Butler and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien share 1 common opponent: Jack Johnson. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jack JohnsonLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and O'Brien?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Joe Butler and 188 bouts tracked for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Butler10bouts

O'Brien188bouts

How They Win ↓

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