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Mike Donovan vs Nonpareil Dempsey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mike Donovan

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Nonpareil Dempsey

Mike Donovan (0-5-3 across 9 tracked bouts) and Nonpareil Dempsey (51-3-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Donovan

Tracked record

0–5–3

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Dempsey

51

Wins24 KO · 47%

3

Losses

11

Draws69 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 0–0 with 1 draw

Mike Donovan and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Mike Donovan and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1886Jan 151888Nov 15Series
Mike DonovanFighter ANCNo decisionDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Nonpareil DempseyFighter BNCNo decisionDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNCPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Donovan 1 · Dempsey 4 of 5 measurable rows
DonovanDempsey
Record†
0-5-351-3-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.8%
86.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—47.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—46%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.7
0.4
5.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
9
69

† 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
Mike Donovan: No height on file
Nonpareil Dempsey: 5′8″
Agenot held
Mike Donovan: No date of birth
Nonpareil Dempsey: Died aged 32
Stance
Mike Donovan: Not recorded
Nonpareil Dempsey: Orthodox

Mike Donovan left, Nonpareil Dempsey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mike Donovan0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Mike Donovan: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Donovan yet.

Nonpareil Dempsey52 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Nonpareil Dempsey: 52 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (46%), 27 on the cards (52%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 46%27 on the cards 52%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Mike Donovan 9, Nonpareil Dempsey 69 — 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

Mike Donovan last boxed on Nov 23, 1908 — 43,068 days ago. Donovan had lost the most recent, to Jack Blackburn.LLLDL

Blackburn Oct 1907Lewis Nov 1907Blackburn Dec 1907Blackburn Apr 1908Blackburn Nov 19080.4 tracked bouts per year

Nonpareil Dempsey drew the most recent tracked bout with Billy McCarthy. Dempsey last boxed on Sep 5, 1895.WLWLD

McCarthy Feb 1890Fitzsimmons Jan 1891Keough Feb 1893Ryan Jan 1895McCarthy Sep 18955.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Mike Donovan and Nonpareil Dempsey ever fought each other?
Yes. Mike Donovan and Nonpareil Dempsey have met 2 times and the series is level at 0-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

DNov 15, 1888 · Draw · PTS

NCJan 15, 1886 · No decision · NC

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Donovan or Dempsey?
Mike Donovan is 0-5-3 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nonpareil Dempsey is 51-3-11. Nonpareil Dempsey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Donovan0–5–318.8%

Dempsey51–3–1186.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Donovan or Dempsey?
Mike Donovan has 0 knockout wins and Nonpareil Dempsey has 24. Nonpareil Dempsey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Donovan0

Dempsey2447.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Donovan and Dempsey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mike Donovan and Nonpareil Dempsey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donovan and Dempsey?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Mike Donovan and 69 bouts tracked for Nonpareil Dempsey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Donovan9bouts

Dempsey69bouts

How They Win ↓

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