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Kentucky Rosebud vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kentucky Rosebud

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Kentucky Rosebud (0-10-3 across 14 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 once. They share 3 common opponents.

Rosebud

Tracked record

0–10–3

counted from 14 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

Murphy leads 1–0

Kentucky Rosebud and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Murphy leads 1–0.

Kentucky Rosebud and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Murphy leads 1–0.
Met1894Dec 8Series
Kentucky RosebudFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Rosebud 1 · Murphy 4 of 5 measurable rows
RosebudMurphy
Record†
0-10-390-51-24 (edge)
Win %0–100%
11.5%
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
3 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.6
1.3
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
14
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
Kentucky Rosebud: No height on file
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″
Agenot held
Kentucky Rosebud: No date of birth
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Kentucky Rosebud: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Kentucky Rosebud 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
Kentucky Rosebud0 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Kentucky Rosebud: no tracked wins in the 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rosebud yet.

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 — Kentucky Rosebud 14, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Rosebud better on 1 · Murphy better on 2

Rosebud

Opponent

Murphy

  • Kentucky Rosebud

    0–3–3 against

    Draw, NWS

    1897

    Loss, NWS

    1896

    Loss, NWS

    1893

    Loss, PTS

    1893

    No contest, ND

    1892

    Draw, PTS

    1892

    Draw, PTS

    1892

    DixonMurphy better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1897

    Loss, DQ

    1893

  • Kentucky Rosebud

    Loss, NWS

    1894

    GriffoRosebud better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    0–4 against

    Loss, PTS

    1894

    Loss, DQ 22

    1891

    Loss, RTD

    1890

    Loss, PTS

    1888

  • Kentucky Rosebud

    Loss, KO

    1891

    WeirMurphy better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO

    1893

    Win, KO 14

    1890

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

Kentucky Rosebud last boxed on Aug 2, 1897 — 47,197 days ago. Rosebud had lost the most recent, to Frank Childs.LLLDL

Gans Apr 1895Gans Apr 1895Dixon May 1896Dixon Jun 1897Childs Aug 18971.3 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 Kentucky Rosebud and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Kentucky Rosebud and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on December 8, 1894, and Torpedo Billy Murphy won by NWS.
The meeting

LDec 8, 1894 · Murphy · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rosebud or Murphy?
Kentucky Rosebud is 0-10-3 across the 14 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 %

Rosebud0–10–311.5%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rosebud or Murphy?
Kentucky Rosebud has 0 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rosebud0

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rosebud and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kentucky Rosebud and Torpedo Billy Murphy share 3 common opponents: George Dixon, Young Griffo and Ike Weir. Torpedo Billy Murphy fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

George Dixon0–3–3L

Young GriffoLL

Ike WeirL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rosebud and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for Kentucky Rosebud and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rosebud14bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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