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.
Battling Jim Johnson (3-32-4 across 39 tracked bouts) and Harry Wills (89-10-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 4 common opponents.
Battling Jim Johnson vs Harry Wills — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Harry Wills leads 2–1- Harry Wills wonWills vs JohnsonJun 1, 1917 · NWS
- Battling Jim Johnson wonWills vs JohnsonFeb 7, 1917 · TKO · R2
- Harry Wills wonWills vs JohnsonJul 5, 1915 · NWS
The Numbers
- 3-32-4
- Record
- 89-10-7 (edge)
- 12.8%
- Win %
- 87.3% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 56 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 62.92%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 62% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9
- Bouts per year
- 5.2 (edge)
- 39
- Bouts tracked
- 113
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
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- —
- Age
- 137
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Jim Johnson · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
2
Harry Wills · 92 wins
KO/TKO
57
Decision
14
Other
21
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (39 and 113 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedBattling Jim Johnson
LNWS · Aug 1918LNWS · Aug 1918LPTS · Jun 1918LPTS · Jan 1917LKO · Dec 1916LPTS · Oct 1915LNWS · Jun 1915LNWS · Apr 1915DPTS · Sep 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Mar 1914LNWS · May 1910Harry Wills
WPTS · Jan 1922WPTS · Apr 1920WPTS · Nov 1919WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Jul 1919WTKO R8 · May 1918WKO R6 · Apr 1918DNWS · Nov 1917WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · May 1917WNWS · Apr 1916WNWS · Mar 1916LKO R19 · Feb 1916WPTS · Jan 1916WNWS · Dec 1915LKO R14 · Nov 1914DNWS · May 1914Battling Jim Johnson
LPTS · Oct 1917LPTS · Aug 1917LNWS · Jun 1915LPTS · Feb 1915LNWS · Dec 1914LKO R21 · Nov 1910DPTS · Aug 1910Harry Wills
NCNC R6 · Sep 1920WPTS · Jun 1918WKO R5 · Feb 1918WPTS · Sep 1915LNWS · May 1915LPTS · Dec 1914Battling Jim Johnson
LPTS · Aug 1918WNWS · May 1915DPTS · Nov 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LDQ · Jan 1913LNWS · Jan 1913LNWS · Oct 1912WNWS · Jul 1912Harry Wills
WNWS · Oct 1919DNWS · Jun 1914DPTS · Jul 1913
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Jim Johnson
LLLLL
L9 streak · last fought Nov 11, 1921
Harry Wills
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Oct 19, 1932
Common Questions
- Have Battling Jim Johnson and Harry Wills ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Jim Johnson and Harry Wills have met 3 times and Harry Wills leads the series 2-1.
- Who has the better record, Battling Jim Johnson or Harry Wills?
- Battling Jim Johnson is 3-32-4 across the 39 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Wills is 89-10-7. Harry Wills has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Jim Johnson or Harry Wills?
- Battling Jim Johnson has 1 knockout win and Harry Wills has 56. Harry Wills has more.
- Do Battling Jim Johnson and Harry Wills have any common opponents?
- Battling Jim Johnson and Harry Wills share 4 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Sam Langford and Sam McVey (and 1 other). Harry Wills fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Jim Johnson and Harry Wills?
- This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Battling Jim Johnson and 113 bouts tracked for Harry Wills. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.