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Earl Thompson vs Tommy Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Earl Thompson

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Tommy Burns

Earl Thompson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) 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.

Thompson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

47

Wins35 KO · 74%

5

Losses

9

Draws64 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

Burns leads 1–0

Earl Thompson and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

Earl Thompson and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met1903Apr 18Series
Earl ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 1 · Burns 3 of 4 measurable rows
ThompsonBurns
Record†
0-147-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
1
64

† 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
Earl Thompson: No height on file
Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Earl Thompson: No reach on file
Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held
Earl Thompson: No date of birth
Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance
Earl Thompson: Not recorded
Tommy Burns: Orthodox

Earl Thompson left, Tommy Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Earl Thompson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Earl Thompson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson yet.

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Tommy Burns: 48 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (73%), 11 on the cards (23%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Thompson 1, Tommy Burns 64 — 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

Earl Thompson last boxed on Apr 18, 1903 — 45,112 days ago. Thompson had lost the most recent, to Tommy Burns.L

Burns Apr 1903

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Earl Thompson and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Earl Thompson and Tommy Burns met once on April 18, 1903, and Tommy Burns won by KO.
The meeting

LApr 18, 1903 · Burns · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Burns?
Earl Thompson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson0–10%

Burns47–5–984.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Burns?
Earl Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson0

Burns3574.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Earl Thompson and Tommy Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Earl Thompson and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson1bout

Burns64bouts

How They Win ↓

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