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Billy Gilliam vs Harold Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Gilliam

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Harold Johnson

Billy Gilliam (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Harold Johnson (76-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Gilliam

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

76

Wins32 KO · 42%

11

Losses

0

Draws88 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

Billy Gilliam and Harold Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Billy Gilliam and Harold Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1953Mar 21Series
Billy GilliamFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Harold JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gilliam 1 · Johnson 5 of 6 measurable rows
GilliamJohnson
Record†
1-276-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
87.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.11%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
41% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
3
88

† 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 Gilliam: No height on file
Harold Johnson: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Billy Gilliam: No reach on file
Harold Johnson: 74″
Agenot held
Billy Gilliam: No date of birth
Harold Johnson: Died aged 86
Stance
Billy Gilliam: Not recorded
Harold Johnson: Orthodox

Billy Gilliam left, Harold Johnson 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 Gilliam1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Billy Gilliam: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Harold Johnson76 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Harold Johnson: 76 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (41%) and 45 on the cards (59%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 41%45 on the cards 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Gilliam 3, Harold Johnson 88 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Johnson better on 1 · even on 1

Gilliam

Opponent

Johnson

  • Billy Gilliam

    Loss, UD

    1953

    CharlesJohnson better

    Harold Johnson

    Win, SD

    1953

  • Billy Gilliam

    Win, SD

    1953

    ValdésEven

    Harold Johnson

    Win, UD

    1952

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 Gilliam last boxed on May 12, 1953 — 26,827 days ago. Gilliam had won one in a row before losing a decision to Ezzard Charles.LWL

Johnson Mar 1953Valdés Apr 1953Charles May 1953

Harold Johnson has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Johnson last boxed on Apr 17, 1982.WWWLL

Jones Aug 1967Stengel Feb 1968Alford Jun 1968Jacobs Mar 1971Jaco Apr 19822.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Gilliam and Harold Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Gilliam and Harold Johnson met once on March 21, 1953, and Harold Johnson won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 21, 1953 · Johnson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gilliam or Johnson?
Billy Gilliam is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harold Johnson is 76-11. Harold Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gilliam1–233.3%

Johnson76–1187.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gilliam or Johnson?
Billy Gilliam has 0 knockout wins and Harold Johnson has 32. Harold Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gilliam0

Johnson3242.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gilliam and Johnson have any common opponents?
Billy Gilliam and Harold Johnson share 2 common opponents: Ezzard Charles and Niño Valdés. Harold Johnson fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Ezzard CharlesLW

Niño ValdésWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gilliam and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Billy Gilliam and 88 bouts tracked for Harold Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gilliam3bouts

Johnson88bouts

How They Win ↓

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