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Nonpareil Dempsey vs Tommy Cleary — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Nonpareil Dempsey

Tommy Cleary

Nonpareil Dempsey (51-3-11) and Tommy Cleary (0-2-2 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.

Dempsey

51

Wins24 KO · 47%

3

Losses

11

Draws69 tracked bouts

Cleary

Tracked record

0–2–2

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

Dempsey leads 1–0

Nonpareil Dempsey and Tommy Cleary have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.

Nonpareil Dempsey and Tommy Cleary have met 1 time; Dempsey leads 1–0.
Met1885May 11Series
Nonpareil DempseyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy ClearyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Dempsey 4 · Cleary 1 of 5 measurable rows
DempseyCleary
Record†
51-3-11 (edge)0-2-2
Win %0–100%
86.9% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
47.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
46%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.7
5.7 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
69
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

Heightnot held
Nonpareil Dempsey: 5′8″
Tommy Cleary: No height on file
Agenot held
Nonpareil Dempsey: Died aged 32
Tommy Cleary: No date of birth
Stance
Nonpareil Dempsey: Orthodox
Tommy Cleary: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Tommy Cleary0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Tommy Cleary: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cleary yet.

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

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

Tommy Cleary last boxed on Feb 13, 1922 — 38,242 days ago. Cleary had lost the most recent, to Joe Dundee.DLDL

Smith Nov 1883Dempsey May 1885Hadley Apr 1891Dundee Feb 19220.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Nonpareil Dempsey and Tommy Cleary ever fought each other?
Yes. Nonpareil Dempsey and Tommy Cleary met once on May 11, 1885, and Nonpareil Dempsey won by KO.
The meeting

WMay 11, 1885 · Dempsey · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dempsey or Cleary?
Nonpareil Dempsey is 51-3-11 and Tommy Cleary is 0-2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Nonpareil Dempsey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dempsey51–3–1186.9%

Cleary0–2–225%

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

Dempsey2447.1%

Cleary0

The Numbers ↓
Do Dempsey and Cleary have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Nonpareil Dempsey and Tommy Cleary have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dempsey and Cleary?
This comparison is drawn from 69 bouts tracked for Nonpareil Dempsey and 4 bouts tracked for Tommy Cleary. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dempsey69bouts

Cleary4bouts

How They Win ↓

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