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.
Bill Watkins (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Jim Johnson (35-35-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Bill Watkins vs Jim Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jim Johnson leads 1–0- Jim Johnson wonJohnson vs WatkinsSep 30, 1912 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 1-6
- Record
- 35-35-13 (edge)
- 14.3%
- Win %
- 50% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 23 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 65.71%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 66%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 85
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- —
- Age
- 139
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBill Watkins · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Jim Johnson · 35 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
4
Other
8
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 85 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBill Watkins
LKO · Feb 1921LKO R4 · May 1914LTKO R1 · Mar 1914Jim Johnson
LNWS · Aug 1918LNWS · Aug 1918LPTS · Jun 1918LPTS · Jan 1917LKO · Dec 1916LPTS · Oct 1915LNWS · Jun 1915LNWS · Apr 1915DPTS · Sep 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Mar 1914LNWS · May 1910Bill Watkins
LNWS · Jul 1915LKO · Nov 1911Jim Johnson
LPTS · Aug 1918WNWS · May 1915DPTS · Nov 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LDQ · Jan 1913LNWS · Jan 1913LNWS · Oct 1912WNWS · Jul 1912
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Bill Watkins
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Feb 7, 1921
Jim Johnson
LLLLL
L7 streak · last fought Sep 9, 1947
Common Questions
- Have Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson met once on September 30, 1912, and Jim Johnson won by KO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Bill Watkins or Jim Johnson?
- Bill Watkins is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jim Johnson is 35-35-13. Jim Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Bill Watkins or Jim Johnson?
- Bill Watkins has 1 knockout win and Jim Johnson has 23. Jim Johnson has more.
- Do Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson have any common opponents?
- Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson share 2 common opponents: Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette. Bill Watkins fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Bill Watkins and 85 bouts tracked for Jim Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.