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Dave Campbell vs James John Corbett — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Campbell

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

James John Corbett

Dave Campbell (1-1-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and James John Corbett (24-4-3) 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.

Campbell

Tracked record

1–1–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Corbett

24

Wins12 KO · 50%

4

Losses

3

Draws27 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

Dave Campbell and James John Corbett have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Dave Campbell and James John Corbett have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1889Dec 28Series
Dave CampbellFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
James John CorbettFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Campbell 1 · Corbett 5 of 6 measurable rows
CampbellCorbett
Record†
1-1-124-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
82.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.5
0.7
1.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 27
3
27

† 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
Dave Campbell: No height on file
James John Corbett: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Dave Campbell: No reach on file
James John Corbett: 73″
Agenot held
Dave Campbell: No date of birth
James John Corbett: Died aged 66
Stance
Dave Campbell: Not recorded
James John Corbett: Orthodox

Dave Campbell left, James John Corbett right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dave Campbell1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Dave Campbell: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

James John Corbett15 wins · from 27 tracked bouts

James John Corbett: 15 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (60%), 5 on the cards (33%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (7%). Counted from 27 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 60%5 on the cards 33%1 by another method or unrecorded 7%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Campbell 3, James John Corbett 27 — 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

Dave Campbell last boxed on May 29, 1890 — 49,817 days ago. Campbell had won once since two bouts without a win.LDW

Dempsey Nov 1885Corbett Dec 1889Hadley May 18900.7 tracked bouts per year

James John Corbett had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to James J. Jeffries. Corbett last boxed on Aug 14, 1903.LLLWL

Fitzsimmons Mar 1897Sharkey Nov 1898Jeffries May 1900McCoy Aug 1900Jeffries Aug 19031.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Campbell and James John Corbett ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Campbell and James John Corbett met once on December 28, 1889, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DDec 28, 1889 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Campbell or Corbett?
Dave Campbell is 1-1-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and James John Corbett is 24-4-3. James John Corbett has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Campbell1–1–150%

Corbett24–4–382.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Campbell or Corbett?
Dave Campbell has 0 knockout wins and James John Corbett has 12. James John Corbett has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Campbell0

Corbett1250%

The Numbers ↓
Do Campbell and Corbett have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Campbell and James John Corbett have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Campbell and Corbett?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Dave Campbell and 27 bouts tracked for James John Corbett. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Campbell3bouts

Corbett27bouts

How They Win ↓

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