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.
George Kid Cotton (1-9 across 11 tracked bouts) and Harry Wills (89-10-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 3 common opponents.
George Kid Cotton vs Harry Wills — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Harry Wills leads 4–1- Harry Wills wonWills vs CottonOct 13, 1916 · TKO · R4
- Harry Wills wonWills vs CottonJun 3, 1916 · TKO · R4
- Harry Wills wonWills vs CottonJan 8, 1914 · KO · R4
- Harry Wills wonWills vs CottonOct 3, 1913 · KO · R3
- George Kid Cotton wonWills vs CottonFeb 14, 1912 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 1-9
- Record
- 89-10-7 (edge)
- 10%
- Win %
- 87.3% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 56 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 62.92%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 62%
- 7
- Times stopped
- 6 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.6
- Bouts per year
- 5.2 (edge)
- 11
- Bouts tracked
- 113
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
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- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- —
- Age
- 137
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Kid Cotton · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Harry Wills · 92 wins
KO/TKO
57
Decision
14
Other
21
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (11 and 113 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedGeorge Kid Cotton
LKO R4 · Aug 1914LPTS · Apr 1914Harry Wills
WPTS · Jan 1922WPTS · Apr 1920WPTS · Nov 1919WNWS · Sep 1919WNWS · Jul 1919WTKO R8 · May 1918WKO R6 · Apr 1918DNWS · Nov 1917WNWS · Sep 1917WNWS · May 1917WNWS · Apr 1916WNWS · Mar 1916LKO R19 · Feb 1916WPTS · Jan 1916WNWS · Dec 1915LKO R14 · Nov 1914DNWS · May 1914George Kid Cotton
LKO R2 · Mar 1916LKO R4 · Apr 1913Harry Wills
WNWS · Oct 1919DNWS · Jun 1914DPTS · Jul 1913George Kid Cotton
LPTS · Jan 1910Harry Wills
WNWS · Jun 1917LTKO R2 · Feb 1917WNWS · Jul 1915
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
George Kid Cotton
LLLLL
L8 streak · last fought Oct 13, 1916
Harry Wills
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Oct 19, 1932
Common Questions
- Have George Kid Cotton and Harry Wills ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Kid Cotton and Harry Wills have met 5 times and Harry Wills leads the series 4-1.
- Who has the better record, George Kid Cotton or Harry Wills?
- George Kid Cotton is 1-9 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Wills is 89-10-7. Harry Wills has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, George Kid Cotton or Harry Wills?
- George Kid Cotton has 1 knockout win and Harry Wills has 56. Harry Wills has more.
- Do George Kid Cotton and Harry Wills have any common opponents?
- George Kid Cotton and Harry Wills share 3 common opponents: Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette and Jim Johnson. Harry Wills fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Kid Cotton and Harry Wills?
- This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for George Kid Cotton and 113 bouts tracked for Harry Wills. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.