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Charley Miller vs Jess Willard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Charley Miller

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Jess Willard

Charley Miller (0-3-1 across 4 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 once. They share 2 common opponents.

Miller

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Charley Miller and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Charley Miller and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1913Jun 27Series
Charley MillerFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Jess WillardFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Miller 0 · Willard 4 of 4 measurable rows
MillerWillard
Record†
0-3-125-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
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
0.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
4
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
Charley Miller: No height on file
Jess Willard: 6′6″
Agenot held
Charley Miller: No date of birth
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Stance
Charley Miller: Not recorded
Jess Willard: Orthodox

Charley Miller 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
Charley Miller0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Charley Miller: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Miller 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 — Charley Miller 4, Jess Willard 34 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Miller

Opponent

Willard

  • Charley Miller

    Loss, TKO 1

    1917

    DempseyEven

    Jess Willard

    Loss, RTD 3

    1919

  • Charley Miller

    Loss, KO 3

    1913

    SmithEven

    Jess Willard

    Loss, PTS

    1913

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Charley Miller last boxed on Sep 19, 1917 — 39,843 days ago. Miller had lost two straight.LDLL

Glover Oct 1908Willard Jun 1913Smith Oct 1913Dempsey Sep 19170.4 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 Charley Miller and Jess Willard ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Miller and Jess Willard met once on June 27, 1913, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJun 27, 1913 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Miller or Willard?
Charley Miller is 0-3-1 across the 4 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 %

Miller0–3–112.5%

Willard25–7–276.5%

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

Miller0

Willard2080%

The Numbers ↓
Do Miller and Willard have any common opponents?
Charley Miller and Jess Willard share 2 common opponents: Jack Dempsey and Gunboat Smith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Jack DempseyLL

Gunboat SmithLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Miller and Willard?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Charley Miller and 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Miller4bouts

Willard34bouts

How They Win ↓

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