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Freddie Welsh (121-29-17) and Willie Jackson (6-13-6 across 25 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Freddie Welsh vs Willie Jackson — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Freddie Welsh

121–29–17

167 tracked bouts

Willie Jackson

Tracked record

6–13–6

25 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

Freddie Welsh leads 1–0

The Numbers

121-29-17 (edge)
Record
6-13-6

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

77.5% (edge)
Win %
36%
34 (edge)
Wins by knockout
1
28.1%
KO rate
28% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
17%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

1 (edge)
Times stopped
2

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
10.2 (edge)
Bouts per year
4.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

167
Bouts tracked
25

Tale of the Tape

69″ (175 cm)
Reach
140
Age
Lightweight
Division
United Kingdom
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Freddie Welsh · 121 wins

KO/TKO
34
Decision
36
Other
51

Willie Jackson · 6 wins

KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
4

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (167 and 25 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared
  • Freddie Welsh

    WPTS · Sep 1916LNWS · Jul 1915WNWS · Feb 1915WNWS · Nov 1914

    Charley White

    Willie Jackson

    LPTS · Feb 1922
  • Freddie Welsh

    WNWS · Jan 1914

    Johnny Dundee

    Willie Jackson

    DPTS · Dec 1921WPTS · Feb 1921DMD · Nov 1920DPTS · Jun 1920WNWS · May 1920WNWS · Mar 1920LNWS · Oct 1919WNWS · Sep 1919DPTS · Mar 1918LNWS · Jun 1917WKO R1 · Jan 1917
  • Freddie Welsh

    LNWS · Apr 1917

    Rocky Kansas

    Willie Jackson

    LPTS · Mar 1921LNWS · Mar 1918DNWS · Feb 1918WNWS · Oct 1917
  • Freddie Welsh

    LTKO R9 · May 1917WNWS · Jul 1916LNWS · Mar 1916

    Benny Leonard

    Willie Jackson

    LNWS · Jul 1918
  • Freddie Welsh

    LNWS · May 1917

    Johnny Kilbane

    Willie Jackson

    LTKO R5 · May 1916

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Freddie Welsh

LDWWW

L1 streak · last fought Apr 15, 1922

Willie Jackson

LDLLW

L1 streak · last fought Feb 20, 1922

Common Questions

Have Freddie Welsh and Willie Jackson ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Welsh and Willie Jackson met once on May 3, 1921, and Freddie Welsh won by KO in round 8.
Who has the better record, Freddie Welsh or Willie Jackson?
Freddie Welsh is 121-29-17 and Willie Jackson is 6-13-6 across the 25 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Welsh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Freddie Welsh or Willie Jackson?
Freddie Welsh has 34 knockout wins and Willie Jackson has 1. Freddie Welsh has more.
Do Freddie Welsh and Willie Jackson have any common opponents?
Freddie Welsh and Willie Jackson share 5 common opponents: Charley White, Johnny Dundee and Rocky Kansas (and 2 others). Freddie Welsh fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Freddie Welsh and Willie Jackson?
This comparison is drawn from 167 bouts tracked for Freddie Welsh and 25 bouts tracked for Willie Jackson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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