Have Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown met once on January 3, 1928, and Newsboy Brown won by PTS.

Who has the better record, McCoy or Brown?

Johnny McCoy is 4-6-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Newsboy Brown is 75-14-11. Newsboy Brown has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do McCoy and Brown have any common opponents?

Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown share 3 common opponents: Panama Al Brown, Midget Wolgast and Pablo Dano. Newsboy Brown fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCoy and Brown?

This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Johnny McCoy and 100 bouts tracked for Newsboy Brown. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny McCoy vs Newsboy Brown — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Johnny McCoy

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Newsboy Brown

Johnny McCoy (4-6-1 across 11 tracked bouts) and Newsboy Brown (75-14-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

McCoy

Tracked record

4–6–1

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Brown

Wins

Losses

Draws100 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

Brown leads 1–0

Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown have met 1 time; Brown leads 1–0.
Met	1928Jan 3	Series
Johnny McCoyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Newsboy BrownFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSBrown vs McCoy	1Meeting

Brown vs McCoy · Jan 3, 1928

The Numbers

McCoy 0 · Brown 4 of 4 measurable rows

McCoyEdge = longer wingBrown

Record^†: 4-6-175-14-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 40.9%
80.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: —0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
19% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 1: 1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.4: 1
8.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100: 11
100

† 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: Johnny McCoy: No date of birth; Newsboy Brown: Died aged 71
Stance: Johnny McCoy: Not recorded; Newsboy Brown: Orthodox

Johnny McCoy left, Newsboy Brown right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Johnny McCoy4 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

Newsboy Brown75 wins · from 100 tracked bouts

14 by KO/TKO 19%44 on the cards 59%17 by another method or unrecorded 23%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny McCoy 11, Newsboy Brown 100 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · McCoy better on 1 · Brown better on 23 shared · Johnny McCoy better on 1 · Newsboy Brown better on 2

McCoyJohnny McCoy

Opponent

BrownNewsboy Brown

Johnny McCoy
Loss, TKO 6
1930Jun 1930
BrownPanama Al BrownPanama 131–20–12Brown betterNewsboy Brown better — 1–0 to 0–1
Newsboy Brown
Win, PTS
1931Dec 1931
Johnny McCoy
Loss, PTS
1929Nov 1929
WolgastMidget WolgastUnited States 164–37–15 · FlyweightBrown betterNewsboy Brown better — 1–0 to 0–1
Newsboy Brown
Win, PTS
1930Aug 1930
Johnny McCoy
Win, PTS
1927Oct 1927
DanoPablo DanoPhilippines 114–58–39McCoy betterJohnny McCoy better — 1–0 to 1–1
Newsboy Brown
1–1 against
Win, PTS
1930May 1930
Loss, PTS
1929Oct 1929

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

Johnny McCoy last boxed on Jun 16, 1930 — 35,192 days ago. McCoy had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Moore Mar 1925Dano Oct 1927Brown Jan 1928Wolgast Nov 1929Brown Jun 19301 tracked bouts per year

Newsboy Brown has lost three straight, after one straight win. Brown last boxed on Apr 2, 1933.LWLLL

Arizmendi Jun 1932Arizmendi Jun 1932Pladner Aug 1932Arizmendi Oct 1932Casanova Apr 19338.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown met once on January 3, 1928, and Newsboy Brown won by PTS.
Who has the better record, McCoy or Brown?: Johnny McCoy is 4-6-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Newsboy Brown is 75-14-11. Newsboy Brown has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do McCoy and Brown have any common opponents?: Johnny McCoy and Newsboy Brown share 3 common opponents: Panama Al Brown, Midget Wolgast and Pablo Dano. Newsboy Brown fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCoy and Brown?: This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Johnny McCoy and 100 bouts tracked for Newsboy Brown. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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