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 Stift (2-16-3 across 21 tracked bouts) and Jack Root (47-3-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 6 common opponents.
Billy Stift vs Jack Root — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jack Root leads 3–0- Jack Root wonRoot vs StiftApr 26, 1902 · KO · R2
- Jack Root wonRoot vs StiftSep 23, 1899 · PTS
- Jack Root wonRoot vs StiftFeb 16, 1899 · DQ · R7
The Numbers
- 2-16-3
- Record
- 47-3-3 (edge)
- 16.7%
- Win %
- 91.5% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 28 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 59.57%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 59% (edge)
- 8
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.8
- Bouts per year
- 3.1 (edge)
- 21
- Bouts tracked
- 57
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
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- Age
- 150
- —
- Division
- Light Heavyweight Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Stift · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Jack Root · 49 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
15
Other
5
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (21 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedBilly Stift
LKO R5 · Jun 1905LUD · Dec 1902Jack Root
WPTS · May 1904DPTS · Feb 1904LTKO R12 · Jul 1903LTKO R17 · Aug 1902WDQ R7 · Jan 1902WDQ R7 · Jan 1902Billy Stift
LKO R4 · Dec 1904LKO R4 · Jan 1903LPTS · Apr 1902LPTS · Apr 1899LTKO R6 · Nov 1897Jack Root
NCNC R4 · Nov 1904DPTS · Jul 1900
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Billy Stift
LLLLL
L11 streak · last fought Jun 19, 1905
Jack Root
WWLWNC
W2 streak · last fought Dec 29, 1915
Common Questions
- Have Billy Stift and Jack Root ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Stift and Jack Root have met 3 times and Jack Root leads the series 3-0.
- Who has the better record, Billy Stift or Jack Root?
- Billy Stift is 2-16-3 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Root is 47-3-3. Jack Root has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Stift or Jack Root?
- Billy Stift has 0 knockout wins and Jack Root has 28. Jack Root has more.
- Do Billy Stift and Jack Root have any common opponents?
- Billy Stift and Jack Root share 6 common opponents: Mysterious Billy Smith, Marvin Hart and George Gardiner (and 3 others). Jack Root fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Stift and Jack Root?
- This comparison is drawn from 21 bouts tracked for Billy Stift and 57 bouts tracked for Jack Root. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.