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Tommy Spider Kelly vs Torpedo Billy Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tommy Spider Kelly

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Torpedo Billy Murphy

Tommy Spider Kelly (37-7-6) and Torpedo Billy Murphy (90-51-24) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Kelly

37

Wins17 KO · 46%

7

Losses

6

Draws2 tracked bouts

Murphy

90

Wins76 KO · 84%

51

Losses

24

Draws194 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kelly leads 1–0

Tommy Spider Kelly and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Kelly leads 1–0.

Tommy Spider Kelly and Torpedo Billy Murphy have met 1 time; Kelly leads 1–0.
Met1892Jul 25Series
Tommy Spider KellyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Torpedo Billy MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 3 · Murphy 4 of 7 measurable rows
KellyMurphy
Record
37-7-6 (edge)90-51-24
Win %0–100%
80% (edge)
61.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 76
17
76 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
45.95%
84.44% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
71% (edge)
Times stopped†max 30
0 (edge)
30
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 7.6
0.5
7.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 194
2
194

† 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

Height+3″
Tommy Spider Kelly: 5′4″
Torpedo Billy Murphy: 5′7″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Tommy Spider Kelly: Died aged 59
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Died aged 75
Stance
Tommy Spider Kelly: Not recorded
Torpedo Billy Murphy: Orthodox

Tommy Spider Kelly left, Torpedo Billy Murphy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Tommy Spider Kelly1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Tommy Spider Kelly: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Torpedo Billy Murphy107 wins · from 194 tracked bouts

Torpedo Billy Murphy: 107 tracked wins — 76 by KO/TKO (71%), 13 on the cards (12%) and 18 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 194 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

76 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 12%18 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tommy Spider Kelly 2, Torpedo Billy Murphy 194 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Kelly better on 1

Kelly

Opponent

Murphy

  • Tommy Spider Kelly

    Draw, PTS

    1888

    DixonKelly better

    Torpedo Billy Murphy

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1897

    Loss, DQ

    1893

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

Tommy Spider Kelly has won once since a draw with George Dixon. Kelly last boxed on Jul 25, 1892.DW

Dixon May 1888Murphy Jul 18920.5 tracked bouts per year

Torpedo Billy Murphy has lost the most recent, to Jim Fairlie Morris. Murphy last boxed on Oct 29, 1907.DWWDL

Rossi Apr 1906Griffin Jun 1907Toohey Aug 1907Rossi Aug 1907Morris Oct 19077.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tommy Spider Kelly and Torpedo Billy Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Tommy Spider Kelly and Torpedo Billy Murphy met once on July 25, 1892, and Tommy Spider Kelly won by PTS.
The meeting

WJul 25, 1892 · Kelly · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Murphy?
Tommy Spider Kelly is 37-7-6 and Torpedo Billy Murphy is 90-51-24. Tommy Spider Kelly has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Kelly37–7–680%

Murphy90–51–2461.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Murphy?
Tommy Spider Kelly has 17 knockout wins and Torpedo Billy Murphy has 76. Torpedo Billy Murphy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly1746%

Murphy7684.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Murphy have any common opponents?
Tommy Spider Kelly and Torpedo Billy Murphy share 1 common opponent: George Dixon. Tommy Spider Kelly fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George DixonDL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Kelly or Murphy?
Torpedo Billy Murphy is the taller fighter at 169 cm, 6 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Kelly163 cm

Murphy169 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Tommy Spider Kelly and 194 bouts tracked for Torpedo Billy Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly2bouts

Murphy194bouts

How They Win ↓

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