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Jack Root vs Jimmy Watts — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Root

Jimmy Watts

Jack Root (47-3-3) and Jimmy Watts (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Watts

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 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

Root leads 1–0

Jack Root and Jimmy Watts have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.

Jack Root and Jimmy Watts have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.
Met1898Aug 5Series
Jack RootFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jimmy WattsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Root 4 · Watts 0 of 4 measurable rows
RootWatts
Record†
47-3-3 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
91.5% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.6
6.6 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
4

† 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

Agenot held
Jack Root: Died aged 87
Jimmy Watts: No date of birth

Jack Root left, Jimmy Watts right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jack Root47 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jack Root: 47 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (60%), 15 on the cards (32%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 60%15 on the cards 32%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

Jimmy Watts0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Jimmy Watts: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Watts yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Root 55, Jimmy Watts 4 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Jack Root has won once since losing by stoppage to Marvin Hart. Root last boxed on Feb 26, 1906.WNCWLW

Gardiner May 1904Ryan Nov 1904Willie Dec 1904Hart Jul 1905Russell Feb 19066.6 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Watts last boxed on Dec 18, 1902 — 45,230 days ago. Watts had lost three straight.DLLL

Walcott Apr 1897Root Aug 1898Walcott May 1899O'Brien Dec 19020.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Root and Jimmy Watts ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Root and Jimmy Watts met once on August 5, 1898, and Jack Root won by KO.
The meeting

WAug 5, 1898 · Root · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Watts?
Jack Root is 47-3-3 and Jimmy Watts is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Root has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Root47–3–391.5%

Watts0–3–112.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Root or Watts?
Jack Root has 28 knockout wins and Jimmy Watts has 0. Jack Root has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Root2859.6%

Watts0

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Watts have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Root and Jimmy Watts have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Watts?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root and 4 bouts tracked for Jimmy Watts. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root55bouts

Watts4bouts

How They Win ↓

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