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Bull Young vs Jess Willard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bull Young

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Jess Willard

Bull Young (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jess Willard (25-7-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Young

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Willard

25

Wins20 KO · 80%

7

Losses

2

Draws34 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

Willard leads 3–0

Bull Young and Jess Willard have met 3 times; Willard leads 3–0.

Bull Young and Jess Willard have met 3 times; Willard leads 3–0.
Met1912May 221912Jul 21913Aug 22Series
Bull YoungFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Jess WillardFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultKOR6KOKOR113Meetings

The Numbers

Young 0 · Willard 4 of 4 measurable rows
YoungWillard
Record†
0-325-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—76%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
3
34

† 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
Bull Young: No height on file
Jess Willard: 6′6″
Agenot held
Bull Young: No date of birth
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Stance
Bull Young: Not recorded
Jess Willard: Orthodox

Bull Young left, Jess Willard right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bull Young0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Bull Young: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Young yet.

Jess Willard25 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Jess Willard: 25 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (76%), 3 on the cards (12%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (12%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 76%3 on the cards 12%3 by another method or unrecorded 12%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bull Young 3, Jess Willard 34 — 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

Bull Young last boxed on Aug 22, 1913 — 41,331 days ago. Young had lost three straight.LLL

Willard May 1912Willard Jul 1912Willard Aug 19132.4 tracked bouts per year

Jess Willard had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Luis Ángel Firpo. Willard last boxed on Jul 12, 1923.WWLWL

Johnson Apr 1915Moran Mar 1916Dempsey Jul 1919Johnson May 1923Firpo Jul 19232.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bull Young and Jess Willard ever fought each other?
Yes. Bull Young and Jess Willard have met 3 times and Jess Willard leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LAug 22, 1913 · Willard · KO R11

LJul 2, 1912 · Willard · KO

LMay 22, 1912 · Willard · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Young or Willard?
Bull Young is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jess Willard is 25-7-2. Jess Willard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Young0–30%

Willard25–7–276.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Young or Willard?
Bull Young has 0 knockout wins and Jess Willard has 20. Jess Willard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Young0

Willard2080%

The Numbers ↓
Do Young and Willard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bull Young and Jess Willard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Young and Willard?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Bull Young and 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Young3bouts

Willard34bouts

How They Win ↓

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