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Ben Taylor vs Jack Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ben Taylor

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Jack Johnson

Ben Taylor (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Jack Johnson (69-11-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Taylor

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

69

Wins

11

Losses

10

Draws92 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Ben Taylor and Jack Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Ben Taylor and Jack Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1908Jul 31Series
Ben TaylorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 1 · Johnson 3 of 4 measurable rows
TaylorJohnson
Record†
0-469-11-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—51%
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 92
4
92

† 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

Heightnot held
Ben Taylor: No height on file
Jack Johnson: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Ben Taylor: No reach on file
Jack Johnson: 75″
Agenot held
Ben Taylor: No date of birth
Jack Johnson: Died aged 68
Stance
Ben Taylor: Not recorded
Jack Johnson: Orthodox

Ben Taylor left, Jack Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ben Taylor0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ben Taylor: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

Jack Johnson69 wins · from 92 tracked bouts

Jack Johnson: 69 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (51%), 14 on the cards (20%) and 20 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 92 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 51%14 on the cards 20%20 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ben Taylor 4, Jack Johnson 92 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Johnson better on 2

Taylor

Opponent

Johnson

  • Ben Taylor

    Loss, KO

    1909

    JeanetteJohnson better

    Jack Johnson

    5–1–1 against

    Draw, NWS

    1906

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, PTS

    1906

    Win, NWS

    1906

    Win, NWS

    1905

    Loss, DQ 2

    1905

    Win, NWS

    1905

  • Ben Taylor

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 11

    1908

    Loss, KO 3

    1907

    McVeyJohnson better

    Jack Johnson

    3–0 against

    Win, KO

    1904

    Win, PTS

    1903

    Win, PTS

    1903

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ben Taylor last boxed on Jan 23, 1909 — 43,003 days ago. Taylor had lost four straight.LLLL

McVey Jun 1907McVey Apr 1908Johnson Jul 1908Jeanette Jan 19092.4 tracked bouts per year

Jack Johnson has won once since losing a decision to Brad Simmons. Johnson last boxed on Apr 28, 1931.LLWLW

Wright Apr 1928Hartwell May 1928Wilson Jul 1928Simmons Mar 1931Simmons Apr 19312.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ben Taylor and Jack Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Ben Taylor and Jack Johnson met once on July 31, 1908, and Jack Johnson won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LJul 31, 1908 · Johnson · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Johnson?
Ben Taylor is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Johnson is 69-11-10. Jack Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Taylor0–40%

Johnson69–11–1082.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Johnson have any common opponents?
Ben Taylor and Jack Johnson share 2 common opponents: Joe Jeanette and Sam McVey. Jack Johnson fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Joe JeanetteL5–1–1

Sam McVeyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ben Taylor and 92 bouts tracked for Jack Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor4bouts

Johnson92bouts

How They Win ↓

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