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.
Herschel Jacobs (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Rubin Carter (27-12-1) 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.
Herschel Jacobs vs Rubin Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Herschel Jacobs wonCarter vs JacobsJan 19, 1962 · PTS
- Rubin Carter wonCarter vs JacobsNov 17, 1961 · PTS
The Numbers
- 2-3
- Record
- 27-12-1 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 68.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 19 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 70.37%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 70% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 8.2 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 40
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
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- 86
- Age
- 89
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyHerschel Jacobs · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Rubin Carter · 27 wins
KO/TKO
19
Decision
8
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 40 respectively), 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
Herschel Jacobs
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Jun 5, 1972
Rubin Carter
LDWLL
L1 streak · last fought Aug 6, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Herschel Jacobs and Rubin Carter ever fought each other?
- Yes. Herschel Jacobs and Rubin Carter have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Herschel Jacobs or Rubin Carter?
- Herschel Jacobs is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rubin Carter is 27-12-1. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Herschel Jacobs or Rubin Carter?
- Herschel Jacobs has 1 knockout win and Rubin Carter has 19. Rubin Carter has more.
- Do Herschel Jacobs and Rubin Carter have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Herschel Jacobs and Rubin Carter have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Herschel Jacobs and Rubin Carter?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Herschel Jacobs and 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.