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Bill Rickard vs Tommy Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Rickard

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Tommy Burns

Bill Rickard (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) 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.

Rickard

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

47

Wins35 KO · 74%

5

Losses

9

Draws64 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

Burns leads 1–0

Bill Rickard and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

Bill Rickard and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met1912Aug 8Series
Bill RickardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Rickard 0 · Burns 6 of 6 measurable rows
RickardBurns
Record†
0-247-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.5
0.6
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
2
64

† 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
Bill Rickard: No height on file
Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Bill Rickard: No reach on file
Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held
Bill Rickard: No date of birth
Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance
Bill Rickard: Not recorded
Tommy Burns: Orthodox

Bill Rickard left, Tommy Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Rickard0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bill Rickard: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rickard yet.

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Tommy Burns: 48 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (73%), 11 on the cards (23%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Rickard 2, Tommy Burns 64 — 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

Bill Rickard last boxed on Aug 8, 1912 — 41,713 days ago. Rickard had lost two straight.LL

McVey Jan 1909Burns Aug 19120.6 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Rickard and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Rickard and Tommy Burns met once on August 8, 1912, and Tommy Burns won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LAug 8, 1912 · Burns · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rickard or Burns?
Bill Rickard is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rickard0–20%

Burns47–5–984.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rickard or Burns?
Bill Rickard has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rickard0

Burns3574.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rickard and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Rickard and Tommy Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rickard and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bill Rickard and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rickard2bouts

Burns64bouts

How They Win ↓

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