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Jack Reed vs Jess Willard — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jack Reed

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Jess Willard

Jack Reed (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Jess Willard (25-7-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Reed

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Willard

25

Wins20 KO · 80%

7

Losses

2

Draws34 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

Willard leads 1–0

Jack Reed and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.

Jack Reed and Jess Willard have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.
Met1913Nov 24Series
Jack ReedFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jess WillardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Reed 0 · Willard 5 of 5 measurable rows
ReedWillard
Record†
0-525-7-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
76.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—76%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.8
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
5
34

† 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 Reed: No height on file
Jess Willard: 6′6″
Agenot held
Jack Reed: No date of birth
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Stance
Jack Reed: Not recorded
Jess Willard: Orthodox

Jack Reed left, Jess Willard 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 Reed0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack Reed: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Reed yet.

Jess Willard25 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Jess Willard: 25 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (76%), 3 on the cards (12%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (12%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 76%3 on the cards 12%3 by another method or unrecorded 12%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Reed 5, Jess Willard 34 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Willard better on 1 · even on 1

Reed

Opponent

Willard

  • Jack Reed

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    SmithEven

    Jess Willard

    Loss, PTS

    1913

  • Jack Reed

    Loss, KO

    1912

    McCartyWillard better

    Jess Willard

    Draw, NWS

    1912

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 Reed last boxed on Mar 27, 1915 — 40,748 days ago. Reed had lost five straight.LLLLL

McCarty May 1912Jeanette Feb 1913Jeanette Mar 1913Willard Nov 1913Smith Mar 19151.8 tracked bouts per year

Jess Willard had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Luis Ángel Firpo. Willard last boxed on Jul 12, 1923.WWLWL

Johnson Apr 1915Moran Mar 1916Dempsey Jul 1919Johnson May 1923Firpo Jul 19232.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Reed and Jess Willard ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Reed and Jess Willard met once on November 24, 1913, and Jess Willard won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LNov 24, 1913 · Willard · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Reed or Willard?
Jack Reed is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jess Willard is 25-7-2. Jess Willard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Reed0–50%

Willard25–7–276.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Reed or Willard?
Jack Reed has 0 knockout wins and Jess Willard has 20. Jess Willard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Reed0

Willard2080%

The Numbers ↓
Do Reed and Willard have any common opponents?
Jack Reed and Jess Willard share 2 common opponents: Gunboat Smith and Luther McCarty. Jess Willard fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gunboat SmithLL

Luther McCartyLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Reed and Willard?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jack Reed and 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Reed5bouts

Willard34bouts

How They Win ↓

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