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Buddy Jackson vs George Godfrey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buddy Jackson

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George Godfrey

Buddy Jackson (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) 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.

Jackson

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Godfrey leads 1–0

Buddy Jackson and George Godfrey have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.

Buddy Jackson and George Godfrey have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.
Met1923Sep 17Series
Buddy JacksonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
George GodfreyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Jackson 1 · Godfrey 4 of 5 measurable rows
JacksonGodfrey
Record†
0-498-21-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 79
0
79 (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—82%
Times stopped‡max 6
3 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
0.2
7.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
4
127

† 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
Buddy Jackson: No date of birth
George Godfrey: Died aged 50
Stance
Buddy Jackson: Not recorded
George Godfrey: Orthodox

Buddy Jackson left, George Godfrey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy Jackson0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Buddy Jackson: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jackson yet.

George Godfrey98 wins · from 127 tracked bouts

George Godfrey: 98 tracked wins — 80 by KO/TKO (82%), 16 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

80 by KO/TKO 82%16 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Jackson 4, George Godfrey 127 — 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

Buddy Jackson last boxed on Feb 20, 1945 — 29,829 days ago. Jackson had lost four straight.LLLL

Wills Aug 1922Godfrey Sep 1923Mandell Mar 1934LaMotta Feb 19450.2 tracked bouts per year

George Godfrey had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Hank Hankinson. Godfrey last boxed on Aug 10, 1937.WLWWL

Pavelescu Jun 1935Spakow Jun 1935Charles Oct 1935Wells Aug 1936Hankinson Aug 19377.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Jackson and George Godfrey ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Jackson and George Godfrey met once on September 17, 1923, and George Godfrey won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 17, 1923 · Godfrey · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jackson or Godfrey?
Buddy Jackson is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jackson0–40%

Godfrey98–21–381.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jackson or Godfrey?
Buddy Jackson has 0 knockout wins and George Godfrey has 79. George Godfrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jackson0

Godfrey79

The Numbers ↓
Do Jackson and Godfrey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy Jackson and George Godfrey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jackson and Godfrey?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Buddy Jackson and 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jackson4bouts

Godfrey127bouts

How They Win ↓

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