Have Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on December 23, 1885, and Torpedo Billy Murphy won by KO.

Who has the better record, Stranger or Murphy?

Johnny The Stranger is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Torpedo Billy Murphy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Stranger or Murphy?

Johnny The Stranger has 0 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.

Do Stranger and Murphy have any common opponents?

Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stranger and Murphy?

This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny The Stranger and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny The Stranger vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Johnny The Stranger

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Johnny The Stranger (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) 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.

Stranger

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

Wins76 KO · 84%

Losses

Draws194 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

Murphy leads 1–0

Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Murphy leads 1–0.
Met	1885Dec 23	Series
Johnny The StrangerFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOMurphy vs Stranger	1Meeting

Murphy vs Stranger · Dec 23, 1885

The Numbers

Stranger 1 · Murphy 3 of 4 measurable rows

StrangerEdge = longer wingMurphy

Record^†: 0-190-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76: 0
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —71%
Times stopped^‡max 30: 1 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§not comparable: —7.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194: 1
194

† 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: Johnny The Stranger: No height on file; Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held: Johnny The Stranger: No date of birth; Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance: Johnny The Stranger: Not recorded; Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Johnny The Stranger left, Torpedo Billy Murphy 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 The Stranger0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

No tracked wins for Stranger yet.

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny The Stranger 1, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — 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

Johnny The Stranger last boxed on Dec 23, 1885 — 51,445 days ago. Stranger had lost the most recent, to Torpedo Billy Murphy.L

Murphy Dec 1885

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on December 23, 1885, and Torpedo Billy Murphy won by KO.
Who has the better record, Stranger or Murphy?: Johnny The Stranger is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Torpedo Billy Murphy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Stranger or Murphy?: Johnny The Stranger has 0 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Do Stranger and Murphy have any common opponents?: Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny The Stranger and Torpedo Billy Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stranger and Murphy?: This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny The Stranger and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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