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Jack Root vs Tom Burke — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Root

Tom Burke

Jack Root (47-3-3) and Tom Burke (0-1 across 1 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

Burke

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Tom Burke have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.

Jack Root and Tom Burke have met 1 time; Root leads 1–0.
Met1899Jun 7Series
Jack RootFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom BurkeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

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

† 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
Tom Burke: No date of birth

Jack Root left, Tom Burke 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%

Tom Burke0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tom Burke: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burke yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Root 55, Tom Burke 1 — 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

Tom Burke last boxed on Jun 7, 1899 — 46,519 days ago. Burke had lost the most recent, to Jack Root.L

Root Jun 1899

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Root and Tom Burke ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Root and Tom Burke met once on June 7, 1899, and Jack Root won by KO.
The meeting

WJun 7, 1899 · Root · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Burke?
Jack Root is 47-3-3 and Tom Burke is 0-1 across the 1 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%

Burke0–10%

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

Root2859.6%

Burke0

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Burke have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Root and Tom Burke have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Burke?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root and 1 bout tracked for Tom Burke. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root55bouts

Burke1bout

How They Win ↓

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