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Bill Watkins vs Jack Blackburn — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Watkins

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Jack Blackburn

Bill Watkins (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Jack Blackburn (117-24-22) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Watkins

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Blackburn

117

Wins34 KO · 29%

24

Losses

22

Draws166 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

Watkins leads 1–0

Bill Watkins and Jack Blackburn have met 1 time; Watkins leads 1–0.

Bill Watkins and Jack Blackburn have met 1 time; Watkins leads 1–0.
Met1914Oct 10Series
Bill WatkinsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jack BlackburnFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Watkins 1 · Blackburn 4 of 5 measurable rows
WatkinsBlackburn
Record†
1-6117-24-22 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
78.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
1
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—29.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
28%
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.3
0.8
7.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 166
7
166

† 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 Watkins: No height on file
Jack Blackburn: 5′10″
Agenot held
Bill Watkins: No date of birth
Jack Blackburn: Died aged 59
Stance
Bill Watkins: Not recorded
Jack Blackburn: Orthodox

Bill Watkins left, Jack Blackburn 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 Watkins1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Bill Watkins: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Jack Blackburn116 wins · from 166 tracked bouts

Jack Blackburn: 116 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (28%), 13 on the cards (11%) and 70 by another method or unrecorded (60%). Counted from 166 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 28%13 on the cards 11%70 by another method or unrecorded 60%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Watkins 7, Jack Blackburn 166 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Blackburn better on 1

Watkins

Opponent

Blackburn

  • Bill Watkins

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO

    1921

    Loss, KO 4

    1914

    Loss, TKO 1

    1914

    LangfordBlackburn better

    Jack Blackburn

    0–1–4 against

    No contest, NC 1

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1905

    Loss, PTS

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, 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

Bill Watkins last boxed on Feb 7, 1921 — 38,607 days ago. Watkins had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Langford Mar 1914Langford May 1914Blackburn Oct 1914Jeanette Jul 1915Langford Feb 19210.8 tracked bouts per year

Jack Blackburn has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Blackburn last boxed on Mar 7, 1923.WWWLL

Johnson Dec 1920Respress Apr 1922McNally Apr 1922Gans Jul 1922Pelkey Mar 19237.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Watkins and Jack Blackburn ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Watkins and Jack Blackburn met once on October 10, 1914, and Bill Watkins won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WOct 10, 1914 · Watkins · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watkins or Blackburn?
Bill Watkins is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Blackburn is 117-24-22. Jack Blackburn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watkins1–614.3%

Blackburn117–24–2278.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watkins or Blackburn?
Bill Watkins has 1 knockout win and Jack Blackburn has 34. Jack Blackburn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watkins1

Blackburn3429.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watkins and Blackburn have any common opponents?
Bill Watkins and Jack Blackburn share 1 common opponent: Sam Langford. Jack Blackburn fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sam LangfordL0–1–4

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watkins and Blackburn?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Bill Watkins and 166 bouts tracked for Jack Blackburn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watkins7bouts

Blackburn166bouts

How They Win ↓

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