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Arley Seifer vs Jimmy Ellis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Arley Seifer

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Jimmy Ellis

Arley Seifer (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Seifer

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ellis

40

Wins24 KO · 60%

12

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

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

Ellis leads 1–0

Arley Seifer and Jimmy Ellis have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.

Arley Seifer and Jimmy Ellis have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met1961Apr 19Series
Arley SeiferFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jimmy EllisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Seifer 1 · Ellis 5 of 6 measurable rows
SeiferEllis
Record†
0-240-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
2
55

† 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
Arley Seifer: No height on file
Jimmy Ellis: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Arley Seifer: No reach on file
Jimmy Ellis: 76″
Agenot held
Arley Seifer: No date of birth
Jimmy Ellis: Died aged 74
Stance
Arley Seifer: Not recorded
Jimmy Ellis: Orthodox

Arley Seifer left, Jimmy Ellis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Arley Seifer0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Arley Seifer: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Seifer yet.

Jimmy Ellis40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jimmy Ellis: 40 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (60%) and 16 on the cards (40%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 60%16 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arley Seifer 2, Jimmy Ellis 55 — 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

Arley Seifer last boxed on Apr 19, 1961 — 23,928 days ago. Seifer had lost two straight.LL

Basilio Apr 1959Ellis Apr 19611 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Ellis has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ellis last boxed on Aug 3, 1987.LLWLL

Bugner Nov 1974Frazier Mar 1975Baker May 1975Magee Oct 1986Magee Aug 19872.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arley Seifer and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?
Yes. Arley Seifer and Jimmy Ellis met once on April 19, 1961, and Jimmy Ellis won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LApr 19, 1961 · Ellis · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Seifer or Ellis?
Arley Seifer is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Seifer0–20%

Ellis40–12–176.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Seifer or Ellis?
Arley Seifer has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Seifer0

Ellis2460%

The Numbers ↓
Do Seifer and Ellis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Arley Seifer and Jimmy Ellis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Seifer and Ellis?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Arley Seifer and 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Seifer2bouts

Ellis55bouts

How They Win ↓

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