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

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Jack Root

Tom Lansing

Jack Root (47-3-3) and Tom Lansing (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Root

47

Wins28 KO · 60%

3

Losses

3

Draws55 tracked bouts

Lansing

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 2–0

Jack Root and Tom Lansing have met 2 times; Root leads 2–0.

Jack Root and Tom Lansing have met 2 times; Root leads 2–0.
Met1898Jul 221898Nov 15Series
Jack RootFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Tom LansingFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultTKOR6KOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Root 3 · Lansing 1 of 4 measurable rows
RootLansing
Record†
47-3-3 (edge)0-2
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
2

† 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 Lansing: No date of birth

Jack Root left, Tom Lansing 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 Lansing0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tom Lansing: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lansing yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Root 55, Tom Lansing 2 — 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 Lansing last boxed on Nov 15, 1898 — 46,723 days ago. Lansing had lost two straight.LL

Root Jul 1898Root Nov 1898

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Root and Tom Lansing ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Root and Tom Lansing have met 2 times and Jack Root leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WNov 15, 1898 · Root · KO R5

WJul 22, 1898 · Root · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Root or Lansing?
Jack Root is 47-3-3 and Tom Lansing is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Lansing0–20%

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

Root2859.6%

Lansing0

The Numbers ↓
Do Root and Lansing have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Root and Tom Lansing have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Root and Lansing?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jack Root and 2 bouts tracked for Tom Lansing. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Root55bouts

Lansing2bouts

How They Win ↓

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