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Kid Kaplan vs Tommy Shea — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kid Kaplan

Tommy Shea

Kid Kaplan (121-22-16) and Tommy Shea (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.

Kaplan

121

Wins27 KO · 22%

22

Losses

16

Draws160 tracked bouts

Shea

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

1 meeting, no result recorded

Kid Kaplan and Tommy Shea have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.

Kid Kaplan and Tommy Shea have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.
Met1919Oct 15Series
Kid KaplanFighter AResult pending0–0W–L
Tommy SheaFighter BResult pending0–0W–L
ResultND1Meeting

The Numbers

Kaplan 5 · Shea 1 of 6 measurable rows
KaplanShea
Record†
121-22-16 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
81.1% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
22.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
22% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
10.7 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 160
160
4

† 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

Reachnot held
Kid Kaplan: 63″
Tommy Shea: No reach on file
Agenot held
Kid Kaplan: Died aged 69
Tommy Shea: No date of birth
Stance
Kid Kaplan: Orthodox
Tommy Shea: Not recorded

Kid Kaplan left, Tommy Shea right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Kid Kaplan121 wins · from 160 tracked bouts

Kid Kaplan: 121 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (22%), 75 on the cards (62%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 160 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 22%75 on the cards 62%19 by another method or unrecorded 16%

Tommy Shea1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Tommy Shea: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Kaplan 160, Tommy Shea 4 — 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

Kid Kaplan had won one in a row before losing a decision to Herbert Lewis Hardwick. Kaplan last boxed on Feb 20, 1933.WWLWL

Rossi Jul 1932Petrolle Aug 1932Villa Sep 1932Holmes Oct 1932Hardwick Feb 193310.7 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Shea last boxed on Feb 12, 1923 — 37,870 days ago. Shea had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Britton Oct 1905Bronson Apr 1906Dundee Jan 1913Genaro Feb 19230.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Kaplan and Tommy Shea ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Kaplan and Tommy Shea met once on October 15, 1919, and the bout produced no decision by ND.
The meeting

Oct 15, 1919 · Result pending · ND

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kaplan or Shea?
Kid Kaplan is 121-22-16 and Tommy Shea is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kid Kaplan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kaplan121–22–1681.1%

Shea1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kaplan or Shea?
Kid Kaplan has 27 knockout wins and Tommy Shea has 0. Kid Kaplan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kaplan2722.3%

Shea0

The Numbers ↓
Do Kaplan and Shea have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Kaplan and Tommy Shea have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kaplan and Shea?
This comparison is drawn from 160 bouts tracked for Kid Kaplan and 4 bouts tracked for Tommy Shea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kaplan160bouts

Shea4bouts

How They Win ↓

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