Have Joe Cox and Luther McCarty ever fought each other?

Yes. Joe Cox and Luther McCarty met once on December 6, 1911, and Luther McCarty won by KO.

Who has the better record, Cox or McCarty?

Joe Cox is 1-4 across the 5 bouts 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.

Who has more knockouts, Cox or McCarty?

Joe Cox has 1 knockout win and Luther McCarty has 15. Luther McCarty has more.

Do Cox and McCarty have any common opponents?

Joe Cox and Luther McCarty share 1 common opponent: Jess Willard. Joe Cox fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cox and McCarty?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Joe Cox and 25 bouts tracked for Luther McCarty. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Joe Cox vs Luther McCarty — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Joe Cox

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Luther McCarty

Joe Cox (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) 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 1 common opponent.

Cox

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McCarty

Wins15 KO · 79%

Losses

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

Joe Cox and Luther McCarty have met 1 time; McCarty leads 1–0.
Met	1911Dec 6	Series
Joe CoxFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Luther McCartyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOMcCarty vs Cox	1Meeting

McCarty vs Cox · Dec 6, 1911

The Numbers

Cox 1 · McCarty 4 of 5 measurable rows

CoxEdge = longer wingMcCarty

Record^†: 1-419-4-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
80% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15: 1
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —78.95%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
79%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 1: 1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.5: 0.5
10.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 25: 5
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: Joe Cox: No height on file; Luther McCarty: 6′4″
Reachnot held: Joe Cox: No reach on file; Luther McCarty: 80″
Agenot held: Joe Cox: No date of birth; Luther McCarty: Died aged 21

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Joe Cox1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Luther McCarty19 wins · from 25 tracked bouts

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 — Joe Cox 5, Luther McCarty 25 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Cox better on 11 shared · Joe Cox better on 1

CoxJoe Cox

Opponent

McCartyLuther McCarty

Joe Cox
Win, TKO 5
1911Oct 1911
WillardJess WillardUnited States 25–7–2 · HeavyweightCox betterJoe Cox better — 1–0 to 0–0–1
Luther McCarty
Draw, NWS
1912Aug 1912

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 Cox last boxed on Sep 20, 1921 — 38,382 days ago. Cox had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Willard Oct 1911McCarty Dec 1911Smith Nov 1915Smith Oct 1916Greb Sep 19210.5 tracked bouts per year

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 Joe Cox and Luther McCarty ever fought each other?: Yes. Joe Cox and Luther McCarty met once on December 6, 1911, and Luther McCarty won by KO.
Who has the better record, Cox or McCarty?: Joe Cox is 1-4 across the 5 bouts 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.
Who has more knockouts, Cox or McCarty?: Joe Cox has 1 knockout win and Luther McCarty has 15. Luther McCarty has more.
Do Cox and McCarty have any common opponents?: Joe Cox and Luther McCarty share 1 common opponent: Jess Willard. Joe Cox fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cox and McCarty?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Joe Cox and 25 bouts tracked for Luther McCarty. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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