Have Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis met once on September 10, 1966, and Jimmy Ellis won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Daniels or Ellis?

Billy Daniels is 1-15 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Daniels or Ellis?

Billy Daniels has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.

Do Daniels and Ellis have any common opponents?

Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis share 5 common opponents: Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry (and 2 others). Jimmy Ellis fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Daniels and Ellis?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Billy Daniels and 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Daniels vs Jimmy Ellis — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Daniels

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Jimmy Ellis

Billy Daniels (1-15 across 16 tracked bouts) and Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Daniels

Tracked record

1–15

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ellis

Wins24 KO · 60%

Losses

Draw55 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

Ellis leads 1–0

Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met	1966Sep 10	Series
Billy DanielsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Jimmy EllisFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSEllis vs Daniels	1Meeting

Ellis vs Daniels · Sep 10, 1966

The Numbers

Daniels 0 · Ellis 6 of 6 measurable rows

DanielsEdge = longer wingEllis

Record^†: 1-1540-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 6.3%
76.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24: 0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped^‡levelmax 5: 5
5
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.1: 1.3
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55: 16
55

† 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: Billy Daniels: No height on file; Jimmy Ellis: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Billy Daniels: No reach on file; Jimmy Ellis: 76″
Agenot held: Billy Daniels: No date of birth; Jimmy Ellis: Died aged 74
Stance: Billy Daniels: Not recorded; Jimmy Ellis: Orthodox

Billy Daniels left, Jimmy Ellis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Daniels1 win · from 16 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Jimmy Ellis40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

24 by KO/TKO 60%16 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Daniels 16, Jimmy Ellis 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Daniels better on 1 · Ellis better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Billy Daniels better on 1 · Jimmy Ellis better on 3 · even on 1

DanielsBilly Daniels

Opponent

EllisJimmy Ellis

Billy Daniels
Loss, RTD 6
1966Jul 1966
FrazierJoe FrazierUnited States 32–4–1 · HeavyweightDaniels betterBilly Daniels better — 0–1 to 0–2
Jimmy Ellis
0–2 against
Loss, TKO 9
1975Mar 1975
Loss, RTD 4
1970Feb 1970
Billy Daniels
Loss, TKO 7
1962May 1962
AliMuhammad AliUnited Kingdom 56–5EvenEven — 0–1 both
Jimmy Ellis
Loss, TKO
1971Jul 1971
Billy Daniels
Loss, KO 1
1967Sep 1967
QuarryJerry QuarryUnited States 53–9–4Ellis betterJimmy Ellis better — 1–0 to 0–1
Jimmy Ellis
Win, MD
1968Apr 1968
Billy Daniels
Loss, KO 1
1965Nov 1965
BonavenaOscar BonavenaArgentina 58–9–1 · HeavyweightEllis betterJimmy Ellis better — 1–0 to 0–1
Jimmy Ellis
Win, UD
1967Dec 1967
Billy Daniels
Loss, PTS
1967Jun 1967
MartinLeotis MartinUnited States 31–5 · HeavyweightEllis betterJimmy Ellis better — 1–0 to 0–1
Jimmy Ellis
Win, TKO 9
1967Aug 1967

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

Billy Daniels last boxed on Apr 6, 1974 — 19,192 days ago. Daniels had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Frazier Jul 1966Ellis Sep 1966Martin Jun 1967Quarry Sep 1967Bobick Apr 19741.3 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Ellis has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ellis last boxed on Aug 3, 1987.LLWLL

Bugner Nov 1974Frazier Mar 1975Baker May 1975Magee Oct 1986Magee Aug 19872.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis met once on September 10, 1966, and Jimmy Ellis won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Daniels or Ellis?: Billy Daniels is 1-15 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Daniels or Ellis?: Billy Daniels has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.
Do Daniels and Ellis have any common opponents?: Billy Daniels and Jimmy Ellis share 5 common opponents: Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and Jerry Quarry (and 2 others). Jimmy Ellis fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Daniels and Ellis?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Billy Daniels and 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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