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.
Harry Wills (89-10-7) and John Lester Johnson (1-11-1 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 3 common opponents.
Harry Wills vs John Lester Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Harry Wills leads 3–0- Harry Wills wonWills vs JohnsonJun 10, 1919 · NWS
- Harry Wills wonWills vs JohnsonApr 7, 1916 · NWS
- Harry Wills wonWills vs JohnsonMar 12, 1915 · PTS
The Numbers
- 89-10-7 (edge)
- Record
- 1-11-1
- 87.3% (edge)
- Win %
- 11.5%
- 56 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 62.92%
- KO rate
- —
- 62% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 6
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.2 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.3
- 113
- Bouts tracked
- 13
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
- 84″ (213 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 137
- Age
- 133
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHarry Wills · 92 wins
KO/TKO
57
Decision
14
Other
21
John Lester Johnson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (113 and 13 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedHarry Wills
WKO R2 · Mar 1922John Lester Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1922LNWS · Feb 1921LKO R1 · Jun 1920WDQ R3 · Jun 1920LPTS · Oct 1919Harry 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 1914John Lester Johnson
LKO R1 · Sep 1913Harry Wills
WNWS · Oct 1919DNWS · Jun 1914DPTS · Jul 1913John Lester Johnson
LNWS · Jan 1915LNWS · Jul 1913
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Harry Wills
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Oct 19, 1932
John Lester Johnson
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Oct 31, 1952
Common Questions
- Have Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson have met 3 times and Harry Wills leads the series 3-0.
- Who has the better record, Harry Wills or John Lester Johnson?
- Harry Wills is 89-10-7 and John Lester Johnson is 1-11-1 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Harry Wills or John Lester Johnson?
- Harry Wills has 56 knockout wins and John Lester Johnson has 0. Harry Wills has more.
- Do Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson have any common opponents?
- Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson share 3 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette. Harry Wills fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harry Wills and John Lester Johnson?
- This comparison is drawn from 113 bouts tracked for Harry Wills and 13 bouts tracked for John Lester Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.