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Battling Johnson vs Dixie Kid — record, stats and common opponents compared

Battling Johnson

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Dixie Kid

Battling Johnson (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Dixie Kid (92-45-21) 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.

Johnson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Kid

92

Wins59 KO · 64%

45

Losses

21

Draws163 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

Kid leads 1–0

Battling Johnson and Dixie Kid have met 1 time; Kid leads 1–0.

Battling Johnson and Dixie Kid have met 1 time; Kid leads 1–0.
Met1909Sep 11Series
Battling JohnsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dixie KidFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 1 · Kid 4 of 5 measurable rows
JohnsonKid
Record†
0-292-45-21 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
64.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 59
0
59 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—64.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—64%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
0.2
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 163
2
163

† 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

Agenot held
Battling Johnson: No date of birth
Dixie Kid: Died aged 50

Battling Johnson left, Dixie Kid right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Battling Johnson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Battling Johnson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

Dixie Kid92 wins · from 163 tracked bouts

Dixie Kid: 92 tracked wins — 59 by KO/TKO (64%), 19 on the cards (21%) and 14 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 163 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

59 by KO/TKO 64%19 on the cards 21%14 by another method or unrecorded 15%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Johnson 2, Dixie Kid 163 — 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

Battling Johnson last boxed on Nov 11, 1921 — 38,338 days ago. Johnson had lost two straight.LL

Kid Sep 1909Goodrich Nov 19210.2 tracked bouts per year

Dixie Kid has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Kid last boxed on Mar 14, 1920.DWWLL

Hoche Apr 1919Hoche Jul 1919Rautal Oct 1919Pluyette Jan 1920Buisson Mar 19208.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Johnson and Dixie Kid ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Johnson and Dixie Kid met once on September 11, 1909, and Dixie Kid won by KO.
The meeting

LSep 11, 1909 · Kid · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Kid?
Battling Johnson is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dixie Kid is 92-45-21. Dixie Kid has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Johnson0–20%

Kid92–45–2164.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Johnson or Kid?
Battling Johnson has 0 knockout wins and Dixie Kid has 59. Dixie Kid has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Johnson0

Kid5964.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Kid have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Johnson and Dixie Kid have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Kid?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Battling Johnson and 163 bouts tracked for Dixie Kid. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson2bouts

Kid163bouts

How They Win ↓

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