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Bob Tow vs Jersey Joe Walcott — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Tow

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Jersey Joe Walcott

Bob Tow (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Jersey Joe Walcott (49-20-1) 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.

Tow

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Walcott

49

Wins31 KO · 63%

20

Losses

1

Draw70 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

Walcott leads 1–0

Bob Tow and Jersey Joe Walcott have met 1 time; Walcott leads 1–0.

Bob Tow and Jersey Joe Walcott have met 1 time; Walcott leads 1–0.
Met1938Dec 23Series
Bob TowFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jersey Joe WalcottFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Tow 1 · Walcott 6 of 7 measurable rows
TowWalcott
Record†
1-549-20-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
70.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—63.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
63% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
0.7
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
6
70

† 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
Bob Tow: No height on file
Jersey Joe Walcott: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Bob Tow: No reach on file
Jersey Joe Walcott: 74″
Agenot held
Bob Tow: No date of birth
Jersey Joe Walcott: Died aged 80
Stance
Bob Tow: Not recorded
Jersey Joe Walcott: Orthodox

Bob Tow left, Jersey Joe Walcott right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Tow1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Bob Tow: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Jersey Joe Walcott49 wins · from 70 tracked bouts

Jersey Joe Walcott: 49 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (63%), 17 on the cards (35%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 70 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 63%17 on the cards 35%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Tow 6, Jersey Joe Walcott 70 — 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

Bob Tow last boxed on Dec 23, 1938 — 32,080 days ago. Tow had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Knight Sep 1932Galento Jun 1934Galento Nov 1934Lewis Apr 1938Walcott Dec 19380.7 tracked bouts per year

Jersey Joe Walcott has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Walcott last boxed on May 15, 1953.LWWLL

Charles Mar 1951Charles Jul 1951Charles Jun 1952Marciano Sep 1952Marciano May 19533.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Tow and Jersey Joe Walcott ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Tow and Jersey Joe Walcott met once on December 23, 1938, and Jersey Joe Walcott won by PTS.
The meeting

LDec 23, 1938 · Walcott · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tow or Walcott?
Bob Tow is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jersey Joe Walcott is 49-20-1. Jersey Joe Walcott has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Tow1–516.7%

Walcott49–20–170.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tow or Walcott?
Bob Tow has 0 knockout wins and Jersey Joe Walcott has 31. Jersey Joe Walcott has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tow0

Walcott3163.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tow and Walcott have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bob Tow and Jersey Joe Walcott have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tow and Walcott?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bob Tow and 70 bouts tracked for Jersey Joe Walcott. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tow6bouts

Walcott70bouts

How They Win ↓

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