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 Kid Norfolk (115-28-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Battling Jim Johnson vs Kid Norfolk — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Kid Norfolk leads 1–0- Kid Norfolk wonNorfolk vs JohnsonJul 16, 1918 · NWS
The Numbers
- 3-32-4
- Record
- 115-28-8 (edge)
- 12.8%
- Win %
- 78.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 48 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 41.74%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 42% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9
- Bouts per year
- 10 (edge)
- 39
- Bouts tracked
- 153
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
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 133
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Light Heavyweight
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Jim Johnson · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
2
Kid Norfolk · 117 wins
KO/TKO
49
Decision
37
Other
31
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (39 and 153 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBattling Jim Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1917WTKO R2 · Feb 1917LNWS · Jul 1915Kid Norfolk
LKO R2 · Mar 1922Battling Jim Johnson
LPTS · Aug 1918WNWS · May 1915DPTS · Nov 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LDQ · Jan 1913LNWS · Jan 1913LNWS · Oct 1912WNWS · Jul 1912Kid Norfolk
WNWS · Oct 1918WNWS · Jul 1918Battling 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 1910Kid Norfolk
LKO R2 · Dec 1917
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
Kid Norfolk
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Mar 19, 1926
Common Questions
- Have Battling Jim Johnson and Kid Norfolk ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Jim Johnson and Kid Norfolk met once on July 16, 1918, and Kid Norfolk won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Jim Johnson or Kid Norfolk?
- Battling Jim Johnson is 3-32-4 across the 39 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Norfolk is 115-28-8. Kid Norfolk 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 Kid Norfolk?
- Battling Jim Johnson has 1 knockout win and Kid Norfolk has 48. Kid Norfolk has more.
- Do Battling Jim Johnson and Kid Norfolk have any common opponents?
- Battling Jim Johnson and Kid Norfolk share 3 common opponents: Harry Wills, Joe Jeanette and Sam Langford. Kid Norfolk fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Jim Johnson and Kid Norfolk?
- This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Battling Jim Johnson and 153 bouts tracked for Kid Norfolk. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.