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.
Gene Leslie (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) 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.
Gene Leslie vs Jimmy Ellis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy Ellis leads 1–0- Jimmy Ellis wonEllis vs LeslieMay 6, 1961 · UD
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 40-12-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 76.4% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 24 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 61%
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- —
- Bouts per year
- 1.7
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 57
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 76″ (193 cm)
- —
- Age
- 86
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Leslie · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Jimmy Ellis · 41 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
16
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 57 respectively), 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
Gene Leslie
L
L1 streak · last fought May 6, 1961
Jimmy Ellis
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Mar 12, 1994
Common Questions
- Have Gene Leslie and Jimmy Ellis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gene Leslie and Jimmy Ellis met once on May 6, 1961, and Jimmy Ellis won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Gene Leslie or Jimmy Ellis?
- Gene Leslie is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Gene Leslie or Jimmy Ellis?
- Gene Leslie has 0 knockout wins and Jimmy Ellis has 24. Jimmy Ellis has more.
- Do Gene Leslie and Jimmy Ellis have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Gene Leslie and Jimmy Ellis have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Leslie and Jimmy Ellis?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Gene Leslie and 57 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.