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 Jim Johnson (35-35-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
George Kid Cotton vs Jim Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jim Johnson leads 1–0- Jim Johnson wonJohnson vs CottonJan 17, 1910 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-9
- Record
- 35-35-13 (edge)
- 10%
- Win %
- 50% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 23 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 65.71%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 66%
- 7
- Times stopped
- 5 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.6
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 11
- Bouts tracked
- 85
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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- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- —
- Age
- 138
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Kid Cotton · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Jim Johnson · 35 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
4
Other
8
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (11 and 85 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedGeorge Kid Cotton
LKO R2 · Mar 1916LKO R4 · Apr 1913Jim Johnson
LPTS · Aug 1918WNWS · May 1915DPTS · Nov 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LDQ · Jan 1913LNWS · Jan 1913LNWS · Oct 1912WNWS · Jul 1912George Kid Cotton
LKO R4 · Aug 1914LPTS · Apr 1914Jim Johnson
LNWS · Aug 1918LNWS · Aug 1918LPTS · Jun 1918LPTS · Jan 1917LKO · Dec 1916LPTS · Oct 1915LNWS · Jun 1915LNWS · Apr 1915DPTS · Sep 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Mar 1914LNWS · May 1910George Kid Cotton
LTKO R4 · Oct 1916LTKO R4 · Jun 1916LKO R4 · Jan 1914LKO R3 · Oct 1913WKO R2 · Feb 1912Jim Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1917WTKO R2 · Feb 1917LNWS · 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
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L8 streak · last fought Oct 13, 1916
Jim Johnson
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L7 streak · last fought Sep 9, 1947
Common Questions
- Have George Kid Cotton and Jim Johnson ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Kid Cotton and Jim Johnson met once on January 17, 1910, and Jim Johnson won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, George Kid Cotton or Jim Johnson?
- George Kid Cotton is 1-9 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jim Johnson is 35-35-13. Jim Johnson 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 Jim Johnson?
- George Kid Cotton has 1 knockout win and Jim Johnson has 23. Jim Johnson has more.
- Do George Kid Cotton and Jim Johnson have any common opponents?
- George Kid Cotton and Jim Johnson share 3 common opponents: Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford and Harry Wills. George Kid Cotton fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Kid Cotton and Jim Johnson?
- This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for George Kid Cotton and 85 bouts tracked for Jim Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.