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Dave Watkins vs James Tillis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Watkins

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James Tillis

Dave Watkins (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and James Tillis (42-22-1) 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.

Watkins

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tillis

42

Wins31 KO · 74%

22

Losses

1

Draw66 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

Tillis leads 1–0

Dave Watkins and James Tillis have met 1 time; Tillis leads 1–0.

Dave Watkins and James Tillis have met 1 time; Tillis leads 1–0.
Met1979Feb 2Series
Dave WatkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
James TillisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Watkins 1 · Tillis 3 of 4 measurable rows
WatkinsTillis
Record†
0-242-22-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
65.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—73.81%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—74%
Times stopped‡max 11
2 (edge)
11
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
2
66

† 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 Watkins: No height on file
James Tillis: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Dave Watkins: No reach on file
James Tillis: 80″
Agenot held
Dave Watkins: No date of birth
James Tillis: 69
Stance
Dave Watkins: Not recorded
James Tillis: Orthodox

Dave Watkins left, James Tillis 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 Watkins0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Dave Watkins: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Watkins yet.

James Tillis42 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

James Tillis: 42 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (74%) and 11 on the cards (26%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 74%11 on the cards 26%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Watkins 2, James Tillis 66 — 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 Watkins last boxed on Jun 18, 1979 — 17,292 days ago. Watkins had lost two straight.LL

Tillis Feb 1979Cummings Jun 1979

James Tillis last boxed on Apr 13, 2001 — 9,322 days ago. Tillis had lost three straight, after one straight win.NCWLLL

Hinton Dec 1995Payne Jun 1996Couser Aug 1996Puller Oct 1999Calloway Apr 20012.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Watkins and James Tillis ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Watkins and James Tillis met once on February 2, 1979, and James Tillis won by KO.
The meeting

LFeb 2, 1979 · Tillis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watkins or Tillis?
Dave Watkins is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and James Tillis is 42-22-1. James Tillis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watkins0–20%

Tillis42–22–165.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watkins or Tillis?
Dave Watkins has 0 knockout wins and James Tillis has 31. James Tillis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watkins0

Tillis3173.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watkins and Tillis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Watkins and James Tillis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watkins and Tillis?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dave Watkins and 66 bouts tracked for James Tillis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watkins2bouts

Tillis66bouts

How They Win ↓

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