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Johnny Van Heest vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Van Heest

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Johnny Van Heest (2-2-2 across 6 tracked bouts) 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 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Heest

Tracked record

2–2–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

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

Series level 1–1

Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1899Mar 71902Aug 3Series
Johnny Van HeestFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultTKOR6KOR42Meetings

The Numbers

Heest 1 · Murphy 5 of 6 measurable rows
HeestMurphy
Record†
2-2-290-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
61.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 76
1
76 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 30
2 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.6
0.6
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
6
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 Van Heest: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Johnny Van Heest: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Johnny Van Heest: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Johnny Van Heest 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 Van Heest2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Van Heest: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 Van Heest 6, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Heest better on 1 · even on 1

Heest

Opponent

Murphy

  • Johnny Van Heest

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1894

    Loss, KO

    1892

    SmithEven

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    Loss, TKO 14

    1895

  • Johnny Van Heest

    Draw, PTS

    1894

    GriffoHeest better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    0–4 against

    Loss, PTS

    1894

    Loss, DQ 22

    1891

    Loss, RTD

    1890

    Loss, PTS

    1888

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 Van Heest last boxed on Aug 3, 1902 — 45,369 days ago. Heest had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Torpedo Billy Murphy.DDWWL

Griffo Jan 1894Smith Oct 1894Gans Apr 1895Murphy Mar 1899Murphy Aug 19020.6 tracked bouts per year

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 Van Heest and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LAug 3, 1902 · Murphy · KO R4

WMar 7, 1899 · Heest · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Heest or Murphy?
Johnny Van Heest is 2-2-2 across the 6 bouts 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.
Records · win %

Heest2–2–250%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Heest or Murphy?
Johnny Van Heest has 1 knockout win and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Heest1

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Heest and Murphy have any common opponents?
Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy Murphy share 2 common opponents: Solly Smith and Young Griffo. Johnny Van Heest fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Solly Smith0–1–1L

Young GriffoDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Heest and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Van Heest and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Heest6bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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