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Bud Kelly vs Jack Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bud Kelly

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Bud Kelly (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Jack Thompson (79-31-12) 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.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 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

Thompson leads 1–0

Bud Kelly and Jack Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Bud Kelly and Jack Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1922Nov 29Series
Bud KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack ThompsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Thompson 4 of 5 measurable rows
KellyThompson
Record†
0-179-31-12 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
69.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
1
142

† 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
Bud Kelly: No height on file
Jack Thompson: 5′7″
Agenot held
Bud Kelly: No date of birth
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Stance
Bud Kelly: Not recorded
Jack Thompson: Orthodox

Bud Kelly left, Jack Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bud Kelly0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Bud Kelly: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

Jack Thompson80 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: 80 tracked wins — 50 by KO/TKO (63%) and 30 on the cards (38%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

50 by KO/TKO 63%30 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bud Kelly 1, Jack Thompson 142 — 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

Bud Kelly last boxed on Nov 29, 1922 — 37,957 days ago. Kelly had lost the most recent, to Jack Thompson.L

Thompson Nov 1922

Jack Thompson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Obie Walker. Thompson last boxed on Nov 16, 1938.WWLWL

Wells Mar 1932Trulmans Mar 1932Cobb Mar 1932Bennett May 1932Walker Nov 19387 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bud Kelly and Jack Thompson ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Kelly and Jack Thompson met once on November 29, 1922, and Jack Thompson won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LNov 29, 1922 · Thompson · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Thompson?
Bud Kelly is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Thompson is 79-31-12. Jack Thompson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly0–10%

Thompson79–31–1269.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Thompson?
Bud Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Jack Thompson has 44. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Thompson4455.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Thompson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bud Kelly and Jack Thompson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Thompson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Bud Kelly and 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly1bout

Thompson142bouts

How They Win ↓

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