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Billy Soose vs Jimmy Bivins — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Soose

Cross-division

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Jimmy Bivins

Billy Soose (34-6-1) and Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Soose

34

Wins13 KO · 38%

6

Losses

1

Draw41 tracked bouts

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Bivins leads 1–0

Billy Soose and Jimmy Bivins have met 1 time; Bivins leads 1–0.

Billy Soose and Jimmy Bivins have met 1 time; Bivins leads 1–0.
Met1942Jan 13Series
Billy SooseFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jimmy BivinsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Soose 6 · Bivins 1 of 7 measurable rows
SooseBivins
Record
34-6-1 (edge)86-26-1
Win %0–100%
84.1% (edge)
76.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
13
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
38.24% (edge)
36.05%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
38% (edge)
36%
Times stopped†max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 10.7
10.7 (edge)
8.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
41
112

† 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 comparable
Billy Soose: Died aged 83
Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92
Stance
Billy Soose: Orthodox
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox

Billy Soose left, Jimmy Bivins 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 Soose34 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Billy Soose: 34 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (38%) and 21 on the cards (62%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 38%21 on the cards 62%

Jimmy Bivins86 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Jimmy Bivins: 86 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (36%) and 55 on the cards (64%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 36%55 on the cards 64%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Soose 41, Jimmy Bivins 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Soose better on 1 · Bivins better on 2 · even on 2

Soose

Opponent

Bivins

  • Billy Soose

    Win, SD

    1941

    MaurielloBivins better

    Jimmy Bivins

    2–0 against

    Win, MD

    1943

    Win, SD

    1942

  • Billy Soose

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1940

    Win, PTS

    1940

    PimpinellaSoose better

    Jimmy Bivins

    Win, UD

    1940

  • Billy Soose

    Loss, UD

    1938

    BurleyBivins better

    Jimmy Bivins

    Win, UD

    1940

  • Billy Soose

    Win, KO 4

    1940

    IannozziEven

    Jimmy Bivins

    Win, KO 1

    1940

  • Billy Soose

    Win, TKO

    1938

    DeanEven

    Jimmy Bivins

    Win, KO 3

    1940

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 Soose had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jimmy Bivins. Soose last boxed on Jan 13, 1942.WLDWL

Celli Jul 1941Abrams Jul 1941Garcia Sep 1941Reeves Dec 1941Bivins Jan 194210.7 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Bivins has won four straight since losing a decision to Tommy Harrison. Bivins last boxed on Oct 28, 1953.LWWWW

Harrison Apr 1953Rolfe Apr 1953Wright Jun 1953Moray Aug 1953DeJohn Oct 19538.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Soose and Jimmy Bivins ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Soose and Jimmy Bivins met once on January 13, 1942, and Jimmy Bivins won by UD.
The meeting

LJan 13, 1942 · Bivins · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Soose or Bivins?
Billy Soose is 34-6-1 and Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1. Billy Soose has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Soose34–6–184.1%

Bivins86–26–176.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Soose or Bivins?
Billy Soose has 13 knockout wins and Jimmy Bivins has 31. Jimmy Bivins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Soose1338.2%

Bivins3136.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Soose and Bivins have any common opponents?
Billy Soose and Jimmy Bivins share 5 common opponents: Tami Mauriello, Vince Pimpinella and Charley Burley (and 2 others). Jimmy Bivins fared better against 2 of them.
5 shared opponents

Tami MaurielloWW

Vince PimpinellaWW

Charley BurleyLW

Enzo IannozziWW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Soose and Bivins?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Billy Soose and 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Soose41bouts

Bivins112bouts

How They Win ↓

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