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Jack Root vs John Willie — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Root

John Willie

Jack Root (47-3-3) and John Willie (0-8-4 across 12 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Willie

Tracked record

0–8–4

counted from 12 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 with 1 draw

Jack Root and John Willie have met 2 times; Root leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Jack Root and John Willie have met 2 times; Root leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1904Feb 51904Dec 5Series
Jack RootFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
John WillieFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSDQR52Meetings

The Numbers

Root 4 · Willie 0 of 4 measurable rows
RootWillie
Record†
47-3-3 (edge)0-8-4
Win %0–100%
91.5% (edge)
16.7%
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)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
12

† 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
John Willie: No date of birth

Jack Root left, John Willie 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%

John Willie0 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

John Willie: no tracked wins in the 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Willie yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Root 55, John Willie 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Root better on 2 · Willie better on 1

Root

Opponent

Willie

  • Jack Root

    2–2–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Loss, TKO 12

    1903

    Loss, TKO 17

    1902

    Win, DQ 7

    1902

    GardinerWillie better

    John Willie

    0–0–2 against

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1904

  • Jack Root

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO

    1905

    Win, PTS

    1902

    HartRoot better

    John Willie

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, DQ 4

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1904

  • Jack Root

    0–0–1 against

    No contest, NC 4

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1900

    RyanRoot better

    John Willie

    Loss, KO 4

    1903

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 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

John Willie last boxed on Apr 3, 1909 — 42,932 days ago. Willie had lost two straight.LLDLL

Hart Mar 1908Langford Jul 1908Gardiner Sep 1908Blackburn Sep 1908Langford Apr 19092.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Root and John Willie ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Root and John Willie have met 2 times and Jack Root leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

WDec 5, 1904 · Root · DQ R5

DFeb 5, 1904 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Willie?
Jack Root is 47-3-3 and John Willie is 0-8-4 across the 12 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%

Willie0–8–416.7%

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

Root2859.6%

Willie0

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Willie have any common opponents?
Jack Root and John Willie share 3 common opponents: George Gardiner, Marvin Hart and Tommy Ryan. Jack Root fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

George Gardiner2–2–1D

Marvin Hart1–10–1–1

Tommy Ryan0–0–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Willie?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root and 12 bouts tracked for John Willie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root55bouts

Willie12bouts

How They Win ↓

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