Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Eddie Dempsey vs Jack Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Eddie Dempsey

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Eddie Dempsey (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jack Thompson (79-31-12) 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.

Dempsey

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 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

Thompson leads 1–0

Eddie Dempsey and Jack Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Eddie Dempsey and Jack Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1928Aug 10Series
Eddie DempseyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack ThompsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Dempsey 1 · Thompson 5 of 6 measurable rows
DempseyThompson
Record†
0-2-179-31-12 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
69.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7
0.5
7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
3
142

† 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
Eddie Dempsey: No height on file
Jack Thompson: 5′7″
Agenot held
Eddie Dempsey: No date of birth
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Stance
Eddie Dempsey: Not recorded
Jack Thompson: Orthodox

Eddie Dempsey left, Jack Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Dempsey0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Eddie Dempsey: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Dempsey yet.

Jack Thompson80 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: 80 tracked wins — 50 by KO/TKO (63%) and 30 on the cards (38%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

50 by KO/TKO 63%30 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Dempsey 3, Jack Thompson 142 — 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

Eddie Dempsey last boxed on Apr 16, 1934 — 33,790 days ago. Dempsey had lost the most recent, to Lou Ambers.LDL

Thompson Aug 1928Glick Jan 1934Ambers Apr 19340.5 tracked bouts per year

Jack Thompson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Obie Walker. Thompson last boxed on Nov 16, 1938.WWLWL

Wells Mar 1932Trulmans Mar 1932Cobb Mar 1932Bennett May 1932Walker Nov 19387 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Dempsey and Jack Thompson ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Dempsey and Jack Thompson met once on August 10, 1928, and Jack Thompson won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LAug 10, 1928 · Thompson · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dempsey or Thompson?
Eddie Dempsey is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Thompson is 79-31-12. Jack Thompson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dempsey0–2–116.7%

Thompson79–31–1269.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dempsey or Thompson?
Eddie Dempsey has 0 knockout wins and Jack Thompson has 44. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dempsey0

Thompson4455.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dempsey and Thompson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Dempsey and Jack Thompson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dempsey and Thompson?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Eddie Dempsey and 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dempsey3bouts

Thompson142bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

5 suggested matchups

Compare Dempsey with…

Compare Thompson with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.