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Jack Thompson vs Larry Kaufman — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Larry Kaufman

Jack Thompson (79-31-12) and Larry Kaufman (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.

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 tracked bouts

Kaufman

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

Thompson leads 1–0

Jack Thompson and Larry Kaufman have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Jack Thompson and Larry Kaufman have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1931Mar 19Series
Jack ThompsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Larry KaufmanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

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

Heightnot held
Jack Thompson: 5′7″
Larry Kaufman: No height on file
Agenot held
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Larry Kaufman: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Thompson: Orthodox
Larry Kaufman: Not recorded

Jack Thompson left, Larry Kaufman 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%

Larry Kaufman0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Larry Kaufman: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kaufman yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Thompson 142, Larry Kaufman 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 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

Larry Kaufman last boxed on Mar 19, 1931 — 34,913 days ago. Kaufman had lost the most recent, to Jack Thompson.L

Thompson Mar 1931

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Thompson and Larry Kaufman ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Larry Kaufman met once on March 19, 1931, and Jack Thompson won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 19, 1931 · Thompson · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Kaufman?
Jack Thompson is 79-31-12 and Larry Kaufman is 0-1 across the 1 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%

Kaufman0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Kaufman?
Jack Thompson has 44 knockout wins and Larry Kaufman has 0. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson4455.7%

Kaufman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Kaufman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Thompson and Larry Kaufman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Kaufman?
This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 1 bout tracked for Larry Kaufman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson142bouts

Kaufman1bout

How They Win ↓

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