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.
Al Jones (2-9 across 11 tracked bouts) and Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.
Al Jones vs Jimmy Ellis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy Ellis leads 1–0- Jimmy Ellis wonEllis vs JonesOct 23, 1973 · TKO · R7
The Numbers
- 2-9
- Record
- 40-12-1 (edge)
- 18.2%
- Win %
- 76.4% (edge)
- 2
- Wins by knockout
- 24 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 60%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 61%
- 8
- Times stopped
- 7 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 1.7 (edge)
- 11
- Bouts tracked
- 57
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 76″ (193 cm)
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- Age
- 86
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyAl Jones · 2 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
0
Other
0
Jimmy Ellis · 41 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
16
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (11 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Al Jones
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L6 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1982
Jimmy Ellis
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L1 streak · last fought Mar 12, 1994
Common Questions
- Have Al Jones and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Al Jones and Jimmy Ellis met once on October 23, 1973, and Jimmy Ellis won by TKO in round 7.
- Who has the better record, Al Jones or Jimmy Ellis?
- Al Jones is 2-9 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Al Jones or Jimmy Ellis?
- Al Jones has 2 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.
- Do Al Jones and Jimmy Ellis have any common opponents?
- Al Jones and Jimmy Ellis share 4 common opponents: Earnie Shavers, Joe Frazier and Ron Lyle (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Al Jones and Jimmy Ellis?
- This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Al Jones and 57 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.