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Joe Welsh vs Mike O'Dowd — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Welsh

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Mike O'Dowd

Joe Welsh (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Mike O'Dowd (93-16-7) 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.

Welsh

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

O'Dowd

93

Wins39 KO · 42%

16

Losses

7

Draws116 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'Dowd leads 1–0

Joe Welsh and Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; O'Dowd leads 1–0.

Joe Welsh and Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; O'Dowd leads 1–0.
Met1917Dec 19Series
Joe WelshFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mike O'DowdFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Welsh 0 · O'Dowd 4 of 4 measurable rows
WelshO'Dowd
Record†
0-493-16-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39
0
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—41.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—44%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 11.4
1.4
11.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 116
4
116

† 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 held
Joe Welsh: No date of birth
Mike O'Dowd: Died aged 62

Joe Welsh left, Mike O'Dowd right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Welsh0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Joe Welsh: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Welsh yet.

Mike O'Dowd93 wins · from 116 tracked bouts

Mike O'Dowd: 93 tracked wins — 41 by KO/TKO (44%), 11 on the cards (12%) and 41 by another method or unrecorded (44%). Counted from 116 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

41 by KO/TKO 44%11 on the cards 12%41 by another method or unrecorded 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Welsh 4, Mike O'Dowd 116 — 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

Joe Welsh last boxed on Nov 23, 1918 — 39,413 days ago. Welsh had lost four straight.LLLL

Leonard Jan 1916Leonard Jun 1917O'Dowd Dec 1917Tendler Nov 19181.4 tracked bouts per year

Mike O'Dowd had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jock Malone. O'Dowd last boxed on Mar 16, 1923.WWLWL

Bartfield Mar 1922Gibbons May 1922Downey May 1922Rosenberg Nov 1922Malone Mar 192311.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Welsh and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Welsh and Mike O'Dowd met once on December 19, 1917, and Mike O'Dowd won by NWS.
The meeting

LDec 19, 1917 · O'Dowd · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Welsh or O'Dowd?
Joe Welsh is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Welsh0–40%

O'Dowd93–16–783.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Welsh or O'Dowd?
Joe Welsh has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Welsh0

O'Dowd3941.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Welsh and O'Dowd have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Welsh and Mike O'Dowd have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Welsh and O'Dowd?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Joe Welsh and 116 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Welsh4bouts

O'Dowd116bouts

How They Win ↓

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