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.
Henry Taylor (3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) and Jersey Joe Walcott (49-20-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Henry Taylor vs Jersey Joe Walcott — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Henry Taylor wonWalcott vs TaylorNov 16, 1933 · PTS
- Jersey Joe Walcott wonWalcott vs TaylorJul 28, 1933 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 3-1 (edge)
- Record
- 49-20-1
- 75% (edge)
- Win %
- 70.7%
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 31 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 63.27%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 63% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 3.1 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 70
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
- —
- Height
- 6′0″ (183 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- 112
- Age
- 112
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHenry Taylor · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Jersey Joe Walcott · 49 wins
KO/TKO
31
Decision
17
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 70 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Henry Taylor
WWWL
W3 streak · last fought Feb 16, 1940
Jersey Joe Walcott
LLWWL
L2 streak · last fought May 15, 1953
Common Questions
- Have Henry Taylor and Jersey Joe Walcott ever fought each other?
- Yes. Henry Taylor and Jersey Joe Walcott have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Henry Taylor or Jersey Joe Walcott?
- Henry Taylor is 3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jersey Joe Walcott is 49-20-1. Henry Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Henry Taylor or Jersey Joe Walcott?
- Henry Taylor has 0 knockout wins and Jersey Joe Walcott has 31. Jersey Joe Walcott has more.
- Do Henry Taylor and Jersey Joe Walcott have any common opponents?
- Henry Taylor and Jersey Joe Walcott share 1 common opponent: Elmer Ray. Henry Taylor fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Henry Taylor and Jersey Joe Walcott?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Henry Taylor and 70 bouts tracked for Jersey Joe Walcott. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.