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Rinty Monaghan vs Young Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rinty Monaghan

Young Kelly

Rinty Monaghan (52-9-8) and Young Kelly (0-3 across 3 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.

Monaghan

52

Wins19 KO · 37%

9

Losses

8

Draws67 tracked bouts

Kelly

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Monaghan leads 1–0

Rinty Monaghan and Young Kelly have met 1 time; Monaghan leads 1–0.

Rinty Monaghan and Young Kelly have met 1 time; Monaghan leads 1–0.
Met1936Apr 8Series
Rinty MonaghanFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young KellyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Monaghan 5 · Kelly 0 of 5 measurable rows
MonaghanKelly
Record†
52-9-8 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
81.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 19
19 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.54%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
39%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.5
4.5 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 67
67
3

† 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
Rinty Monaghan: 5′3″
Young Kelly: No height on file
Reachnot held
Rinty Monaghan: 64″
Young Kelly: No reach on file
Agenot held
Rinty Monaghan: Died aged 63
Young Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Rinty Monaghan: Orthodox
Young Kelly: Not recorded

Rinty Monaghan left, Young Kelly right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Rinty Monaghan51 wins · from 67 tracked bouts

Rinty Monaghan: 51 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (39%), 30 on the cards (59%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 67 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 39%30 on the cards 59%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Young Kelly0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Young Kelly: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rinty Monaghan 67, Young Kelly 3 — 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

Rinty Monaghan drew the most recent tracked bout with Terry Allen. Monaghan last boxed on Sep 30, 1949.WLWWD

Squire Jun 1948Allen Feb 1949Sandeyron Apr 1949Belardinelli Aug 1949Allen Sep 19494.5 tracked bouts per year

Young Kelly last boxed on Apr 8, 1936 — 33,074 days ago. Kelly had lost three straight.LLL

Erne Jan 1902Chaney Oct 1910Monaghan Apr 19360.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rinty Monaghan and Young Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Rinty Monaghan and Young Kelly met once on April 8, 1936, and Rinty Monaghan won by PTS.
The meeting

WApr 8, 1936 · Monaghan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Monaghan or Kelly?
Rinty Monaghan is 52-9-8 and Young Kelly is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Rinty Monaghan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Monaghan52–9–881.2%

Kelly0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Monaghan or Kelly?
Rinty Monaghan has 19 knockout wins and Young Kelly has 0. Rinty Monaghan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Monaghan1936.5%

Kelly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Monaghan and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Rinty Monaghan and Young Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Monaghan and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 67 bouts tracked for Rinty Monaghan and 3 bouts tracked for Young Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Monaghan67bouts

Kelly3bouts

How They Win ↓

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