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Ben Jeby vs Gorilla Jones — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Ben Jeby

Cross-division

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Gorilla Jones

Ben Jeby (54-14-4) and Gorilla Jones (18-17-2) 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.

Jeby

54

Wins22 KO · 41%

14

Losses

4

Draws73 tracked bouts

Jones

18

Wins10 KO · 56%

17

Losses

2

Draws13 tracked bouts

Head to Head

1 meeting, no decision

Ben Jeby and Gorilla Jones have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.

Ben Jeby and Gorilla Jones have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.
Met1933Apr 19Series
Ben JebyFighter ANCNo decision0–0W–L
Gorilla JonesFighter BNCNo decision0–0W–L
ResultNCR61Meeting

The Numbers

Jeby 5 · Jones 3 of 8 measurable rows
JebyJones
Record
54-14-4 (edge)18-17-2
Win %0–100%
77.8% (edge)
51.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
10
KO rate0–100%
40.74%
55.56% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
41% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 10.6
10.6 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 73
73
13

† 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
Ben Jeby: 5′10″
Gorilla Jones: No height on file
Reach+5″
Ben Jeby: 70″
Gorilla Jones: 75″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Ben Jeby: Died aged 75
Gorilla Jones: Died aged 75
Stance
Ben Jeby: Orthodox
Gorilla Jones: Orthodox

Ben Jeby left, Gorilla Jones right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Middleweight against Welterweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ben Jeby54 wins · from 73 tracked bouts

Ben Jeby: 54 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (41%) and 32 on the cards (59%). Counted from 73 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 41%32 on the cards 59%

Gorilla Jones2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Gorilla Jones: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ben Jeby 73, Gorilla Jones 13 — 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

Ben Jeby has won two straight since losing a decision to Swede Berglund. Jeby last boxed on Jul 15, 1934.LWLWW

Yarosz Apr 1934Green Apr 1934Berglund Jun 1934Cocozza Jul 1934Aldare Jul 193410.6 tracked bouts per year

Gorilla Jones had won one in a row before losing a decision to Eddie Babe Risko. Jones last boxed on May 10, 1938.DLLWL

Steele May 1934Steele Sep 1935Steele Jan 1937Freeman Aug 1937Risko May 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ben Jeby and Gorilla Jones ever fought each other?
Yes. Ben Jeby and Gorilla Jones met once on April 19, 1933, and the bout produced no decision by NC in round 6.
The meeting

NCApr 19, 1933 · No decision · NC R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jeby or Jones?
Ben Jeby is 54-14-4 and Gorilla Jones is 18-17-2. Ben Jeby has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Jeby54–14–477.8%

Jones18–17–251.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jeby or Jones?
Ben Jeby has 22 knockout wins and Gorilla Jones has 10. Ben Jeby has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jeby2240.7%

Jones1055.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jeby and Jones have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ben Jeby and Gorilla Jones have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jeby and Jones?
This comparison is drawn from 73 bouts tracked for Ben Jeby and 13 bouts tracked for Gorilla Jones. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jeby73bouts

Jones13bouts

How They Win ↓

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