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Ed Kinney vs James John Corbett — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Kinney

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

James John Corbett

Ed Kinney (0-1 across 1 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.

Kinney

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Corbett leads 1–0

Ed Kinney and James John Corbett have met 1 time; Corbett leads 1–0.

Ed Kinney and James John Corbett have met 1 time; Corbett leads 1–0.
Met1891Oct 8Series
Ed KinneyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
James John CorbettFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Kinney 1 · Corbett 3 of 4 measurable rows
KinneyCorbett
Record†
0-124-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 27
1
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
Ed Kinney: No height on file
James John Corbett: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Ed Kinney: No reach on file
James John Corbett: 73″
Agenot held
Ed Kinney: No date of birth
James John Corbett: Died aged 66
Stance
Ed Kinney: Not recorded
James John Corbett: Orthodox

Ed Kinney 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
Ed Kinney0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

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

No tracked wins for Kinney yet.

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 — Ed Kinney 1, 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

Ed Kinney last boxed on Oct 8, 1891 — 49,319 days ago. Kinney had lost the most recent, to James John Corbett.L

Corbett Oct 1891

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 Ed Kinney and James John Corbett ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Kinney and James John Corbett met once on October 8, 1891, and James John Corbett won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 8, 1891 · Corbett · PTS

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

Kinney0–10%

Corbett24–4–382.3%

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

Kinney0

Corbett1250%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kinney and Corbett have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Kinney and James John Corbett have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kinney and Corbett?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Ed Kinney and 27 bouts tracked for James John Corbett. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kinney1bout

Corbett27bouts

How They Win ↓

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