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George Godfrey vs Jim Pearson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Godfrey

Jim Pearson

George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) and Jim Pearson (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pearson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Godfrey leads 1–0

George Godfrey and Jim Pearson have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.

George Godfrey and Jim Pearson have met 1 time; Godfrey leads 1–0.
Met1923Feb 21Series
George GodfreyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jim PearsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Godfrey 4 · Pearson 1 of 5 measurable rows
GodfreyPearson
Record†
98-21-3 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
81.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 79
79 (edge)
0
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
82%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
7.2 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
127
2

† 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

Agenot held
George Godfrey: Died aged 50
Jim Pearson: No date of birth
Stance
George Godfrey: Orthodox
Jim Pearson: Not recorded

George Godfrey left, Jim Pearson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
George Godfrey98 wins · from 127 tracked bouts

George Godfrey: 98 tracked wins — 80 by KO/TKO (82%), 16 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

80 by KO/TKO 82%16 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jim Pearson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Jim Pearson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Pearson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Godfrey 127, Jim Pearson 2 — 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

George Godfrey had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Hank Hankinson. Godfrey last boxed on Aug 10, 1937.WLWWL

Pavelescu Jun 1935Spakow Jun 1935Charles Oct 1935Wells Aug 1936Hankinson Aug 19377.2 tracked bouts per year

Jim Pearson last boxed on Jun 28, 1926 — 36,650 days ago. Pearson had lost two straight.LL

Godfrey Feb 1923Braddock Jun 19260.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Godfrey and Jim Pearson ever fought each other?
Yes. George Godfrey and Jim Pearson met once on February 21, 1923, and George Godfrey won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WFeb 21, 1923 · Godfrey · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Godfrey or Pearson?
George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jim Pearson is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Godfrey98–21–381.6%

Pearson0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Godfrey or Pearson?
George Godfrey has 79 knockout wins and Jim Pearson has 0. George Godfrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Godfrey79

Pearson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Godfrey and Pearson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Godfrey and Jim Pearson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Godfrey and Pearson?
This comparison is drawn from 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey and 2 bouts tracked for Jim Pearson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Godfrey127bouts

Pearson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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