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.
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.
Johnny Van Heest vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Torpedo Billy Murphy wonMurphy vs HeestAug 3, 1902 · KO · R4
- Johnny Van Heest wonMurphy vs HeestMar 7, 1899 · TKO · R6
The Numbers
- 2-2-2
- Record
- 90-51-24 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 61.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 76 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 84.44%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 71% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 30
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 7.6 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 194
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Age
- 162
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Featherweight
- —
- Nationality
- New Zealand
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Van Heest · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Torpedo Billy Murphy · 107 wins
KO/TKO
76
Decision
13
Other
18
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 194 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJohnny Van Heest
DPTS · Jan 1894Torpedo Billy Murphy
LPTS · May 1894LDQ R22 · Jul 1891LRTD · Sep 1890LPTS · Dec 1888
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Johnny Van Heest
LWWDD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1902
Torpedo Billy Murphy
LDWWD
L1 streak · last fought Oct 29, 1907
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Van Heest or Torpedo Billy 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Van Heest or Torpedo Billy Murphy?
- Johnny Van Heest has 1 knockout win and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
- Do Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Van Heest and Torpedo Billy 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.