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Jack Blackburn vs Smiling Kid Nolan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Blackburn

Smiling Kid Nolan

Jack Blackburn (117-24-22) and Smiling Kid Nolan (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Blackburn

117

Wins34 KO · 29%

24

Losses

22

Draws166 tracked bouts

Nolan

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Blackburn leads 1–0

Jack Blackburn and Smiling Kid Nolan have met 1 time; Blackburn leads 1–0.

Jack Blackburn and Smiling Kid Nolan have met 1 time; Blackburn leads 1–0.
Met1920Jan 27Series
Jack BlackburnFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Smiling Kid NolanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Blackburn 4 · Nolan 0 of 4 measurable rows
BlackburnNolan
Record†
117-24-22 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
78.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
29.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
28%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.3
7.3 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 166
166
5

† 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
Jack Blackburn: 5′10″
Smiling Kid Nolan: No height on file
Agenot held
Jack Blackburn: Died aged 59
Smiling Kid Nolan: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Blackburn: Orthodox
Smiling Kid Nolan: Not recorded

Jack Blackburn left, Smiling Kid Nolan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jack Blackburn116 wins · from 166 tracked bouts

Jack Blackburn: 116 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (28%), 13 on the cards (11%) and 70 by another method or unrecorded (60%). Counted from 166 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 28%13 on the cards 11%70 by another method or unrecorded 60%

Smiling Kid Nolan0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Smiling Kid Nolan: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nolan yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Blackburn 166, Smiling Kid Nolan 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Blackburn better on 2

Blackburn

Opponent

Nolan

  • Jack Blackburn

    0–1–4 against

    No contest, NC 1

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1905

    Loss, PTS

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1903

    LangfordBlackburn better

    Smiling Kid Nolan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1924

    Loss, KO

    1924

  • Jack Blackburn

    Loss, KO 4

    1920

    NorfolkBlackburn better

    Smiling Kid Nolan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1924

    Loss, KO 3

    1923

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jack Blackburn has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Blackburn last boxed on Mar 7, 1923.WWWLL

Johnson Dec 1920Respress Apr 1922McNally Apr 1922Gans Jul 1922Pelkey Mar 19237.3 tracked bouts per year

Smiling Kid Nolan last boxed on Sep 10, 1924 — 37,296 days ago. Nolan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Blackburn Jan 1920Norfolk Sep 1923Langford Mar 1924Norfolk May 1924Langford Sep 19241.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Blackburn and Smiling Kid Nolan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Blackburn and Smiling Kid Nolan met once on January 27, 1920, and Jack Blackburn won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WJan 27, 1920 · Blackburn · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Blackburn or Nolan?
Jack Blackburn is 117-24-22 and Smiling Kid Nolan is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Blackburn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Blackburn117–24–2278.5%

Nolan0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Blackburn or Nolan?
Jack Blackburn has 34 knockout wins and Smiling Kid Nolan has 0. Jack Blackburn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Blackburn3429.1%

Nolan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Blackburn and Nolan have any common opponents?
Jack Blackburn and Smiling Kid Nolan share 2 common opponents: Sam Langford and Kid Norfolk. Jack Blackburn fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Sam Langford0–1–4L

Kid NorfolkLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Blackburn and Nolan?
This comparison is drawn from 166 bouts tracked for Jack Blackburn and 5 bouts tracked for Smiling Kid Nolan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Blackburn166bouts

Nolan5bouts

How They Win ↓

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