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Joe Goddard vs Theodore Van Buskirk — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Goddard

Theodore Van Buskirk

Joe Goddard (32-15-7) and Theodore Van Buskirk (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Goddard

32

Wins30 KO · 94%

15

Losses

7

Draws64 tracked bouts

Buskirk

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Buskirk leads 1–0

Joe Goddard and Theodore Van Buskirk have met 1 time; Buskirk leads 1–0.

Joe Goddard and Theodore Van Buskirk have met 1 time; Buskirk leads 1–0.
Met1898Jan 8Series
Joe GoddardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Theodore Van BuskirkFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Goddard 4 · Buskirk 1 of 5 measurable rows
GoddardBuskirk
Record†
32-15-7 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
65.7% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
93.75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
91% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
2

† 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 Goddard: 6′0″
Theodore Van Buskirk: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Goddard: 72″
Theodore Van Buskirk: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Goddard: Died aged 45
Theodore Van Buskirk: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Goddard: Orthodox
Theodore Van Buskirk: Not recorded

Joe Goddard left, Theodore Van Buskirk 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 Goddard32 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Joe Goddard: 32 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (91%), 2 on the cards (6%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 91%2 on the cards 6%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Theodore Van Buskirk1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Theodore Van Buskirk: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Goddard 64, Theodore Van Buskirk 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Goddard

Opponent

Buskirk

  • Joe Goddard

    Loss, TKO 3

    1898

    JeffriesEven

    Theodore Van Buskirk

    Loss, KO 2

    1897

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 Goddard has lost two straight. Goddard last boxed on Apr 24, 1902.LLDLL

McCormick Nov 1899Sharkey Feb 1900Klondike Nov 1900Jeffords Jul 1901Cole Apr 19024.9 tracked bouts per year

Theodore Van Buskirk last boxed on Jan 8, 1898 — 47,038 days ago. Buskirk had won once since losing by stoppage to James J. Jeffries.LW

Jeffries Apr 1897Goddard Jan 1898

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Goddard and Theodore Van Buskirk ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Goddard and Theodore Van Buskirk met once on January 8, 1898, and Theodore Van Buskirk won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 8, 1898 · Buskirk · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Goddard or Buskirk?
Joe Goddard is 32-15-7 and Theodore Van Buskirk is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Goddard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Goddard32–15–765.7%

Buskirk1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Goddard or Buskirk?
Joe Goddard has 30 knockout wins and Theodore Van Buskirk has 0. Joe Goddard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Goddard3093.8%

Buskirk0

The Numbers ↓
Do Goddard and Buskirk have any common opponents?
Joe Goddard and Theodore Van Buskirk share 1 common opponent: James J. Jeffries. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

James J. JeffriesLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Goddard and Buskirk?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Joe Goddard and 2 bouts tracked for Theodore Van Buskirk. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Goddard64bouts

Buskirk2bouts

How They Win ↓

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