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Bill Watkins vs Jim Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Watkins

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Jim Johnson

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.

Watkins

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

35

Wins23 KO · 66%

35

Losses

13

Draws84 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

Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Bill Watkins and Jim Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1912Sep 30Series
Bill WatkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jim JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Watkins 1 · Johnson 5 of 6 measurable rows
WatkinsJohnson
Record†
1-635-35-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
50% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
1
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65.71%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
66%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.9
0.8
8.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 84
7
84

† 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
Jim Johnson: 5′11″
Agenot held
Bill Watkins: No date of birth
Jim Johnson: Died aged 31

Bill Watkins left, Jim Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

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%

Jim Johnson35 wins · from 84 tracked bouts

Jim Johnson: 35 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (66%), 4 on the cards (11%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (23%). Counted from 84 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 66%4 on the cards 11%8 by another method or unrecorded 23%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Watkins 7, Jim Johnson 84 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Watkins better on 2

Watkins

Opponent

Johnson

  • Bill Watkins

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO

    1921

    Loss, KO 4

    1914

    Loss, TKO 1

    1914

    LangfordWatkins better

    Jim Johnson

    0–11–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1918

    Loss, NWS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Loss, KO

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1910

  • Bill Watkins

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, KO

    1911

    JeanetteWatkins better

    Jim Johnson

    2–7–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Loss, DQ

    1913

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    Win, NWS

    1912

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

Jim Johnson has lost six straight. Johnson last boxed on Aug 27, 1918.LLLLL

Langford Jun 1918Norfolk Jul 1918Langford Aug 1918Langford Aug 1918Jeanette Aug 19188.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LSep 30, 1912 · Johnson · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watkins or 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.
Records · win %

Watkins1–614.3%

Johnson35–35–1350%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watkins or Johnson?
Bill Watkins has 1 knockout win and Jim Johnson has 23. Jim Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watkins1

Johnson2365.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watkins and 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.
2 shared opponents

Sam LangfordL0–11–1

Joe JeanetteL2–7–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watkins and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Bill Watkins and 84 bouts tracked for Jim Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watkins7bouts

Johnson84bouts

How They Win ↓

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