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Ed Martin vs Harry Wills — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ed Martin

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Harry Wills

Ed Martin (26-10-4) and Harry Wills (89-10-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Martin

26

Wins17 KO · 65%

10

Losses

4

Draws41 tracked bouts

Wills

89

Wins56 KO · 63%

10

Losses

7

Draws110 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Wills leads 1–0

Ed Martin and Harry Wills have met 1 time; Wills leads 1–0.

Ed Martin and Harry Wills have met 1 time; Wills leads 1–0.
Met1921Nov 18Series
Ed MartinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Harry WillsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Martin 2 · Wills 5 of 7 measurable rows
MartinWills
Record
26-10-489-10-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
70%
87.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 56
17
56 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
65.38% (edge)
62.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
65% (edge)
63%
Times stopped†max 9
9
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5
1.8
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 110
41
110

† 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

Reachnot held
Ed Martin: No reach on file
Harry Wills: 84″
Agenot held
Ed Martin: No date of birth
Harry Wills: Died aged 69
Stance
Ed Martin: Orthodox
Harry Wills: Orthodox

Ed Martin left, Harry Wills 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 Martin26 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Ed Martin: 26 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (65%), 4 on the cards (15%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (19%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 65%4 on the cards 15%5 by another method or unrecorded 19%

Harry Wills90 wins · from 110 tracked bouts

Harry Wills: 90 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (63%), 14 on the cards (16%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (21%). Counted from 110 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 63%14 on the cards 16%19 by another method or unrecorded 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ed Martin 41, Harry Wills 110 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Wills better on 1 · even on 1

Martin

Opponent

Wills

  • Ed Martin

    Win, NWS

    1909

    SmithEven

    Harry Wills

    Win, KO 1

    1921

  • Ed Martin

    1–3 against

    Loss, KO 16

    1907

    Loss, KO 4

    1906

    Loss, KO 1

    1903

    Win, PTS

    1903

    McVeyWills better

    Harry Wills

    3–2 against

    No contest, NC 6

    1920

    Win, PTS

    1918

    Win, KO 5

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Loss, PTS

    1914

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ed Martin last boxed on Nov 18, 1921 — 38,321 days ago. Martin had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Harry Wills.WWWWL

McVey Jan 1916Hector Sep 1921Herman Sep 1921Smith Oct 1921Wills Nov 19211.8 tracked bouts per year

Harry Wills has won four straight since losing to Andres Castano. Wills last boxed on Oct 19, 1932.LWWWW

Castano Sep 1929Castano Dec 1929Rose Feb 1931Jakasa Aug 1932Glover Oct 19325 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ed Martin and Harry Wills ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Martin and Harry Wills met once on November 18, 1921, and Harry Wills won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 18, 1921 · Wills · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martin or Wills?
Ed Martin is 26-10-4 and Harry Wills is 89-10-7. Harry Wills has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Martin26–10–470%

Wills89–10–787.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Martin or Wills?
Ed Martin has 17 knockout wins and Harry Wills has 56. Harry Wills has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Martin1765.4%

Wills5662.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martin and Wills have any common opponents?
Ed Martin and Harry Wills share 2 common opponents: Gunboat Smith and Sam McVey. Harry Wills fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gunboat SmithWW

Sam McVey1–33–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martin and Wills?
This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Ed Martin and 110 bouts tracked for Harry Wills. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martin41bouts

Wills110bouts

How They Win ↓

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