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Hank Gatton vs Jack Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hank Gatton

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Hank Gatton (1-0-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Jack Thompson (79-31-12) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gatton

Tracked record

1–0–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 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

Gatton leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Hank Gatton and Jack Thompson have met 2 times; Gatton leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Hank Gatton and Jack Thompson have met 2 times; Gatton leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1923Oct 21924Jan 17Series
Hank GattonFighter AWWonDDraw1–0–1W–L–D
Jack ThompsonFighter BLLostDDraw0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Gatton 3 · Thompson 3 of 6 measurable rows
GattonThompson
Record†
1-0-1 (edge)79-31-12
Win %0–100%
75% (edge)
69.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 44
0
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.7%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
63% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
0 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
2
142

† 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

Heightnot held
Hank Gatton: No height on file
Jack Thompson: 5′7″
Agenot held
Hank Gatton: No date of birth
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Stance
Hank Gatton: Not recorded
Jack Thompson: Orthodox

Hank Gatton left, Jack Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hank Gatton1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Hank Gatton: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Jack Thompson80 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: 80 tracked wins — 50 by KO/TKO (63%) and 30 on the cards (38%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

50 by KO/TKO 63%30 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hank Gatton 2, Jack Thompson 142 — 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

Hank Gatton last boxed on Jan 17, 1924 — 37,547 days ago. Gatton had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Jack Thompson.WD

Thompson Oct 1923Thompson Jan 1924

Jack Thompson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Obie Walker. Thompson last boxed on Nov 16, 1938.WWLWL

Wells Mar 1932Trulmans Mar 1932Cobb Mar 1932Bennett May 1932Walker Nov 19387 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hank Gatton and Jack Thompson ever fought each other?
Yes. Hank Gatton and Jack Thompson have met 2 times and Hank Gatton leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

DJan 17, 1924 · Draw · PTS

WOct 2, 1923 · Gatton · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gatton or Thompson?
Hank Gatton is 1-0-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Thompson is 79-31-12. Hank Gatton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gatton1–0–175%

Thompson79–31–1269.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gatton or Thompson?
Hank Gatton has 0 knockout wins and Jack Thompson has 44. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gatton0

Thompson4455.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gatton and Thompson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hank Gatton and Jack Thompson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gatton and Thompson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Hank Gatton and 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gatton2bouts

Thompson142bouts

How They Win ↓

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