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Billy Jones vs Elmer Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Jones

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Elmer Ray

Billy Jones (4-3-1 across 8 tracked bouts) and Elmer Ray (98-23-11) 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.

Jones

Tracked record

4–3–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Billy Jones and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Jones and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1936Jan 21Series
Billy JonesFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Elmer RayFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Jones 1 · Ray 5 of 6 measurable rows
JonesRay
Record†
4-3-198-23-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
56.3%
78.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 69
0
69 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
0.2
8.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
8
135

† 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

Agenot held
Billy Jones: No date of birth
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Stance
Billy Jones: Not recorded
Elmer Ray: Orthodox

Billy Jones left, Elmer Ray 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 Jones4 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Billy Jones: 4 tracked wins — 4 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 on the cards 100%

Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Jones 8, Elmer Ray 135 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Jones last boxed on Jan 21, 1936 — 33,144 days ago. Jones had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Elmer Ray.WLLWD

Rosenbloom Apr 1931Rosenbloom Jun 1931Rosenbloom Dec 1932Godoy Aug 1934Ray Jan 19360.2 tracked bouts per year

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Jones and Elmer Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Jones and Elmer Ray met once on January 21, 1936, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJan 21, 1936 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jones or Ray?
Billy Jones is 4-3-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Elmer Ray is 98-23-11. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jones4–3–156.3%

Ray98–23–1178.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jones or Ray?
Billy Jones has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jones0

Ray6970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jones and Ray have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Jones and Elmer Ray have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jones and Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Billy Jones and 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jones8bouts

Ray135bouts

How They Win ↓

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