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.
Billy Costello (40-2) and John Jones (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.
Billy Costello vs John Jones — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Costello leads 1–0- Billy Costello wonCostello vs JonesOct 19, 1979 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 40-2 (edge)
- Record
- 0-4
- 95.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 23 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 57.5%
- KO rate
- —
- 57%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 3
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.2
- 42
- Bouts tracked
- 4
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
- 5′9″ (174 cm)
- Height
- —
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 70
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Welterweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Costello · 40 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
17
Other
0
John Jones · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (42 and 4 respectively), 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
Billy Costello
WWWWW
W9 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1999
John Jones
LLLL
L4 streak · last fought Mar 4, 2000
Common Questions
- Have Billy Costello and John Jones ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Costello and John Jones met once on October 19, 1979, and Billy Costello won by TKO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Billy Costello or John Jones?
- Billy Costello is 40-2 and John Jones is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Costello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Costello or John Jones?
- Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and John Jones has 0. Billy Costello has more.
- Do Billy Costello and John Jones have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Costello and John Jones have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Costello and John Jones?
- This comparison is drawn from 42 bouts tracked for Billy Costello and 4 bouts tracked for John Jones. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.