Have Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?

Yes. Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd met once on December 6, 1920, and Mike O'Dowd won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Rowlands or O'Dowd?

Len Rowlands is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Rowlands or O'Dowd?

Len Rowlands has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.

Do Rowlands and O'Dowd have any common opponents?

Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd share 4 common opponents: Harry Greb, Mike Gibbons and Jeff Smith (and 1 other). Mike O'Dowd fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rowlands and O'Dowd?

This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Len Rowlands and 116 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Len Rowlands vs Mike O'Dowd — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Len Rowlands

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Mike O'Dowd

Len Rowlands (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) and Mike O'Dowd (93-16-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Rowlands

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

O'Dowd

Wins39 KO · 42%

Losses

Draws116 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

O'Dowd leads 1–0

Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd have met 1 time; O'Dowd leads 1–0.
Met	1920Dec 6	Series
Len RowlandsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Mike O'DowdFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	NWSO'Dowd vs Rowlands	1Meeting

O'Dowd vs Rowlands · Dec 6, 1920

The Numbers

Rowlands 0 · O'Dowd 5 of 5 measurable rows

RowlandsEdge = longer wingO'Dowd

Record^†: 0-1093-16-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
83.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39: 0
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —41.94%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —44%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 11.4: 1.7
11.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 116: 10
116

† 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

Agenot held: Len Rowlands: No date of birth; Mike O'Dowd: Died aged 62

Len Rowlands left, Mike O'Dowd right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Len Rowlands0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Rowlands yet.

Mike O'Dowd93 wins · from 116 tracked bouts

41 by KO/TKO 44%11 on the cards 12%41 by another method or unrecorded 44%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Len Rowlands 10, Mike O'Dowd 116 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Rowlands better on 1 · O'Dowd better on 34 shared · Len Rowlands better on 1 · Mike O'Dowd better on 3

RowlandsLen Rowlands

Opponent

O'DowdMike O'Dowd

Len Rowlands
0–3 against
Loss, KO 3
1923Jun 1923
Loss, TKO 4
1919Feb 1919
Loss, NWS
1917Oct 1917
GrebHarry GrebUnited States 261–18–19 · MiddleweightO'Dowd betterMike O'Dowd better — 0–0–1 to 0–3
Mike O'Dowd
Draw, NWS
1918Feb 1918
Len Rowlands
Loss, NWS
1919Mar 1919
GibbonsMike GibbonsUnited States 112–12–8O'Dowd betterMike O'Dowd better — 2–1 to 0–1
Mike O'Dowd
2–1 against
Win, PTS
1922May 1922
Loss, NWS
1921Dec 1921
Win, NWS
1919Nov 1919
Len Rowlands
Loss, PTS
1917Jun 1917
SmithJeff SmithUnited States 141–34–5O'Dowd betterMike O'Dowd better — 1–0 to 0–1
Mike O'Dowd
Win, SD
1920Nov 1920
Len Rowlands
Loss, NWS
1920Jun 1920
BrittonJack BrittonUnited States 237–60–43 · WelterweightRowlands betterLen Rowlands better — 0–1 to 2–3
Mike O'Dowd
2–3 against
Win, NWS
1920May 1920
Loss, NWS
1919Aug 1919
Win, NWS
1917May 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Jan 1917
Loss, PTS
1916Jun 1916

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

Len Rowlands last boxed on Jun 16, 1923 — 37,746 days ago. Rowlands had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Gibbons Mar 1919Britton Jun 1920O'Dowd Dec 1920Loughran Nov 1921Greb Jun 19231.7 tracked bouts per year

Mike O'Dowd had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jock Malone. O'Dowd last boxed on Mar 16, 1923.WWLWL

Bartfield Mar 1922Gibbons May 1922Downey May 1922Rosenberg Nov 1922Malone Mar 192311.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd ever fought each other?: Yes. Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd met once on December 6, 1920, and Mike O'Dowd won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Rowlands or O'Dowd?: Len Rowlands is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Mike O'Dowd is 93-16-7. Mike O'Dowd has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Rowlands or O'Dowd?: Len Rowlands has 0 knockout wins and Mike O'Dowd has 39. Mike O'Dowd has more.
Do Rowlands and O'Dowd have any common opponents?: Len Rowlands and Mike O'Dowd share 4 common opponents: Harry Greb, Mike Gibbons and Jeff Smith (and 1 other). Mike O'Dowd fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rowlands and O'Dowd?: This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Len Rowlands and 116 bouts tracked for Mike O'Dowd. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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