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Barbados Joe Walcott (96-31-27) and Shorty Ahearn (0-5-1 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Barbados Joe Walcott vs Shorty Ahearn — record, stats and common opponents compared

WELTERWEIGHT

Barbados Joe Walcott

96–31–27

159 tracked bouts

Shorty Ahearn

Tracked record

0–5–1

6 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

Barbados Joe Walcott leads 1–0

The Numbers

96-31-27 (edge)
Record
0-5-1

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

71.1% (edge)
Win %
8.3%
57 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
59.38%
KO rate
59%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

10
Times stopped
2 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
8.8 (edge)
Bouts per year
1.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

159
Bouts tracked
6

Tale of the Tape

153
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Welterweight
Division
Barbados
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Barbados Joe Walcott · 96 wins

KO/TKO
57
Decision
28
Other
11

Shorty Ahearn · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (159 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    DPTS · Apr 1903LNWS · Apr 1902

    Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

    Shorty Ahearn

    LPTS · Jul 1899
  • Barbados Joe Walcott

    WTKO R5 · Dec 1901

    Rube Ferns

    Shorty Ahearn

    LKO · Jun 1899LPTS · May 1899DPTS · Feb 1899

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Barbados Joe Walcott

LWLLD

L1 streak · last fought Nov 2, 1910

Shorty Ahearn

LLLDL

L3 streak · last fought Jul 21, 1899

Common Questions

Have Barbados Joe Walcott and Shorty Ahearn ever fought each other?
Yes. Barbados Joe Walcott and Shorty Ahearn met once on November 3, 1894, and Barbados Joe Walcott won by KO.
Who has the better record, Barbados Joe Walcott or Shorty Ahearn?
Barbados Joe Walcott is 96-31-27 and Shorty Ahearn is 0-5-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Barbados Joe Walcott has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Barbados Joe Walcott or Shorty Ahearn?
Barbados Joe Walcott has 57 knockout wins and Shorty Ahearn has 0. Barbados Joe Walcott has more.
Do Barbados Joe Walcott and Shorty Ahearn have any common opponents?
Barbados Joe Walcott and Shorty Ahearn share 2 common opponents: Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Rube Ferns. Barbados Joe Walcott fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barbados Joe Walcott and Shorty Ahearn?
This comparison is drawn from 159 bouts tracked for Barbados Joe Walcott and 6 bouts tracked for Shorty Ahearn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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