Have Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?

Yes. Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis met once on October 7, 1961, and Jimmy Ellis won by RTD in round 1.

Who has the better record, Riley or Ellis?

Clarence Riley is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Riley or Ellis?

Clarence Riley has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.

Do Riley and Ellis have any common opponents?

Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis share 1 common opponent: George Benton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Riley and Ellis?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Clarence Riley and 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Clarence Riley vs Jimmy Ellis — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Clarence Riley

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Jimmy Ellis

Clarence Riley (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Riley

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ellis

Wins24 KO · 60%

Losses

Draw55 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

Ellis leads 1–0

Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met	1961Oct 7	Series
Clarence RileyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Jimmy EllisFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	RTDR1Ellis vs Riley	1Meeting

Ellis vs Riley · Oct 7, 1961

The Numbers

Riley 1 · Ellis 5 of 6 measurable rows

RileyEdge = longer wingEllis

Record^†: 0-340-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
76.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24: 0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —60%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.1: 1.1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55: 3
55

† 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: Clarence Riley: No height on file; Jimmy Ellis: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Clarence Riley: No reach on file; Jimmy Ellis: 76″
Agenot held: Clarence Riley: No date of birth; Jimmy Ellis: Died aged 74
Stance: Clarence Riley: Not recorded; Jimmy Ellis: Orthodox

Clarence Riley left, Jimmy Ellis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Clarence Riley0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Riley yet.

Jimmy Ellis40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

24 by KO/TKO 60%16 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Clarence Riley 3, Jimmy Ellis 55 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

RileyClarence Riley

Opponent

EllisJimmy Ellis

Clarence Riley
Loss, TKO 6
1963Apr 1963
BentonGeorge BentonUnited States 61–13–1EvenEven — 0–1 both
Jimmy Ellis
Loss, MD
1964Nov 1964

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

Clarence Riley last boxed on Jul 8, 1964 — 22,754 days ago. Riley had lost three straight.LLL

Ellis Oct 1961Benton Apr 1963Robinson Jul 19641.1 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Ellis has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ellis last boxed on Aug 3, 1987.LLWLL

Bugner Nov 1974Frazier Mar 1975Baker May 1975Magee Oct 1986Magee Aug 19872.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?: Yes. Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis met once on October 7, 1961, and Jimmy Ellis won by RTD in round 1.
Who has the better record, Riley or Ellis?: Clarence Riley is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Riley or Ellis?: Clarence Riley has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.
Do Riley and Ellis have any common opponents?: Clarence Riley and Jimmy Ellis share 1 common opponent: George Benton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Riley and Ellis?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Clarence Riley and 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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