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Ed Burke vs Jess Willard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Burke

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Jess Willard

Ed Burke (0-1 across 1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Burke

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Willard leads 1–0

Ed Burke and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.

Ed Burke and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.
Met1911Mar 7Series
Ed BurkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jess WillardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Burke 1 · Willard 3 of 4 measurable rows
BurkeWillard
Record†
0-125-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—76%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
1
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
Ed Burke: No height on file
Jess Willard: 6′6″
Agenot held
Ed Burke: No date of birth
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Stance
Ed Burke: Not recorded
Jess Willard: Orthodox

Ed Burke 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
Ed Burke0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ed Burke: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burke 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 — Ed Burke 1, Jess Willard 34 — 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

Ed Burke last boxed on Mar 7, 1911 — 42,230 days ago. Burke had lost the most recent, to Jess Willard.L

Willard Mar 1911

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 Ed Burke and Jess Willard ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Burke and Jess Willard met once on March 7, 1911, and Jess Willard won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 7, 1911 · Willard · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burke or Willard?
Ed Burke is 0-1 across the 1 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 %

Burke0–10%

Willard25–7–276.5%

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

Burke0

Willard2080%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burke and Willard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Burke and Jess Willard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burke and Willard?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Ed Burke and 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burke1bout

Willard34bouts

How They Win ↓

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