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Ed Denfass vs Jack Root — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Denfass

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Jack Root

Ed Denfass (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jack Root (47-3-3) 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.

Denfass

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 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

Root leads 1–0

Ed Denfass and Jack Root have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.

Ed Denfass and Jack Root have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.
Met1900Feb 20Series
Ed DenfassFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack RootFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Denfass 1 · Root 4 of 5 measurable rows
DenfassRoot
Record†
0-2-147-3-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.6
1.4
6.6 (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

Agenot held
Ed Denfass: No date of birth
Jack Root: Died aged 87

Ed Denfass left, Jack Root right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ed Denfass0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ed Denfass: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Denfass yet.

Jack Root47 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jack Root: 47 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (60%), 15 on the cards (32%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 60%15 on the cards 32%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ed Denfass 3, Jack Root 55 — 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 Denfass last boxed on Mar 19, 1902 — 45,504 days ago. Denfass had lost the most recent, to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.LDL

Root Feb 1900Klondike Jul 1900O'Brien Mar 19021.4 tracked bouts per year

Jack Root has won once since losing by stoppage to Marvin Hart. Root last boxed on Feb 26, 1906.WNCWLW

Gardiner May 1904Ryan Nov 1904Willie Dec 1904Hart Jul 1905Russell Feb 19066.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ed Denfass and Jack Root ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Denfass and Jack Root met once on February 20, 1900, and Jack Root won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 20, 1900 · Root · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Denfass or Root?
Ed Denfass is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Root is 47-3-3. Jack Root has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Denfass0–2–116.7%

Root47–3–391.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Denfass or Root?
Ed Denfass has 0 knockout wins and Jack Root has 28. Jack Root has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Denfass0

Root2859.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Denfass and Root have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Denfass and Jack Root have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Denfass and Root?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ed Denfass and 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Denfass3bouts

Root55bouts

How They Win ↓

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