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Jack Thompson vs Johnny O'Donnell — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Johnny O'Donnell

Jack Thompson (79-31-12) and Johnny O'Donnell (0-4-1 across 5 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.

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 tracked bouts

O'Donnell

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Thompson leads 1–0

Jack Thompson and Johnny O'Donnell have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Jack Thompson and Johnny O'Donnell have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1928Mar 16Series
Jack ThompsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny O'DonnellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 5 · O'Donnell 1 of 6 measurable rows
ThompsonO'Donnell
Record†
79-31-12 (edge)0-4-1
Win %0–100%
69.7% (edge)
10%
Wins by knockoutmax 44
44 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
55.7%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
63%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 7
7 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
142
5

† 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 Thompson: 5′7″
Johnny O'Donnell: No height on file
Agenot held
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Johnny O'Donnell: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Thompson: Orthodox
Johnny O'Donnell: Not recorded

Jack Thompson left, Johnny O'Donnell 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 Thompson80 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: 80 tracked wins — 50 by KO/TKO (63%) and 30 on the cards (38%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

50 by KO/TKO 63%30 on the cards 38%

Johnny O'Donnell0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny O'Donnell: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for O'Donnell yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Thompson 142, Johnny O'Donnell 5 — 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 Thompson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Obie Walker. Thompson last boxed on Nov 16, 1938.WWLWL

Wells Mar 1932Trulmans Mar 1932Cobb Mar 1932Bennett May 1932Walker Nov 19387 tracked bouts per year

Johnny O'Donnell last boxed on Nov 27, 1928 — 35,754 days ago. O'Donnell had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Pablo Dano.LLLLD

Petrole Nov 1926Mandell Dec 1927Thompson Mar 1928Mandell Aug 1928Dano Nov 19282.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Thompson and Johnny O'Donnell ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Johnny O'Donnell met once on March 16, 1928, and Jack Thompson won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WMar 16, 1928 · Thompson · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or O'Donnell?
Jack Thompson is 79-31-12 and Johnny O'Donnell is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Thompson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson79–31–1269.7%

O'Donnell0–4–110%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or O'Donnell?
Jack Thompson has 44 knockout wins and Johnny O'Donnell has 0. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson4455.7%

O'Donnell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and O'Donnell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Thompson and Johnny O'Donnell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and O'Donnell?
This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny O'Donnell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson142bouts

O'Donnell5bouts

How They Win ↓

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