Have Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes ever fought each other?

Yes. Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes have met 2 times and Newsboy Brown leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Brown or Hughes?

Newsboy Brown is 75-14-11 and Tommy Hughes is 1-10 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Newsboy Brown has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Brown and Hughes have any common opponents?

Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes share 4 common opponents: Midget Wolgast, Panama Al Brown and Speedy Dado (and 1 other). Newsboy Brown fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brown and Hughes?

This comparison is drawn from 100 bouts tracked for Newsboy Brown and 11 bouts tracked for Tommy Hughes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Newsboy Brown vs Tommy Hughes — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Newsboy Brown

Tommy Hughes

Newsboy Brown (75-14-11) and Tommy Hughes (1-10 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Brown

Wins

Losses

Draws100 tracked bouts

Hughes

Tracked record

1–10

counted from 11 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

Brown leads 2–0

Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes have met 2 times; Brown leads 2–0.
Met	1929Sep 13	1929Nov 22	Series
Newsboy BrownFighter A	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Tommy HughesFighter B	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Result	PTSBrown vs Hughes	PTSBrown vs Hughes	2Meetings

The Numbers

Brown 5 · Hughes 0 of 5 measurable rows

BrownEdge = longer wingHughes

Record^†: 75-14-11 (edge)1-10
Win %0–100%: 80.5% (edge)
9.1%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 19% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.4: 8.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100: 100
11

† 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: Newsboy Brown: Died aged 71; Tommy Hughes: No date of birth
Stance: Newsboy Brown: Orthodox; Tommy Hughes: Not recorded

Newsboy Brown left, Tommy Hughes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Newsboy Brown75 wins · from 100 tracked bouts

14 by KO/TKO 19%44 on the cards 59%17 by another method or unrecorded 23%

Tommy Hughes1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Newsboy Brown 100, Tommy Hughes 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Brown better on 44 shared · Newsboy Brown better on 4

BrownNewsboy Brown

Opponent

HughesTommy Hughes

Newsboy Brown
Win, PTS
1930Aug 1930
WolgastMidget WolgastUnited States 164–37–15 · FlyweightBrown betterNewsboy Brown better — 1–0 to 0–1
Tommy Hughes
Loss, PTS
1932Feb 1932
Newsboy Brown
Win, PTS
1931Dec 1931
BrownPanama Al BrownPanama 131–20–12Brown betterNewsboy Brown better — 1–0 to 0–1
Tommy Hughes
Loss, PTS
1925Dec 1925
Newsboy Brown
2–1 against
Win, KO 3
1931Mar 1931
Loss, PTS
1931Feb 1931
Win, TKO 6
1928Apr 1928
DadoSpeedy DadoPhilippines 103–43–18Brown betterNewsboy Brown better — 2–1 to 0–2
Tommy Hughes
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1929Oct 1929
Loss, PTS
1929Aug 1929
Newsboy Brown
2–0 against
Win, PTS
1927Jan 1927
Win, PTS
1925Oct 1925
GenaroFrankie GenaroUnited States 98–23–9 · FlyweightBrown betterNewsboy Brown better — 2–0 to 0–2
Tommy Hughes
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1927Sep 1927
Loss, PTS
1927Mar 1927

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

Newsboy Brown has lost three straight, after one straight win. Brown last boxed on Apr 2, 1933.LWLLL

Arizmendi Jun 1932Arizmendi Jun 1932Pladner Aug 1932Arizmendi Oct 1932Casanova Apr 19338.4 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Hughes last boxed on Feb 12, 1932 — 34,588 days ago. Hughes had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Dado Aug 1929Brown Sep 1929Dado Oct 1929Brown Nov 1929Wolgast Feb 19320.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes ever fought each other?: Yes. Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes have met 2 times and Newsboy Brown leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Brown or Hughes?: Newsboy Brown is 75-14-11 and Tommy Hughes is 1-10 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Newsboy Brown has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Brown and Hughes have any common opponents?: Newsboy Brown and Tommy Hughes share 4 common opponents: Midget Wolgast, Panama Al Brown and Speedy Dado (and 1 other). Newsboy Brown fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brown and Hughes?: This comparison is drawn from 100 bouts tracked for Newsboy Brown and 11 bouts tracked for Tommy Hughes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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