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Jack Thompson vs Russell Whalen — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Russell Whalen

Jack Thompson (79-31-12) and Russell Whalen (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 tracked bouts

Whalen

Tracked record

1–1

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

Whalen leads 1–0

Jack Thompson and Russell Whalen have met 1 time; Whalen leads 1–0.

Jack Thompson and Russell Whalen have met 1 time; Whalen leads 1–0.
Met1926Nov 23Series
Jack ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Russell WhalenFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 5 · Whalen 1 of 6 measurable rows
ThompsonWhalen
Record†
79-31-12 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
69.7% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 44
44 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
55.7%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
63% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
142
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

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

Jack Thompson left, Russell Whalen 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%

Russell Whalen1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Russell Whalen: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Thompson 142, Russell Whalen 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Whalen better on 1

Thompson

Opponent

Whalen

  • Jack Thompson

    1–2 against

    Win, PTS

    1930

    Loss, UD

    1929

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    FieldsWhalen better

    Russell Whalen

    Loss, PTS

    1927

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 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

Russell Whalen last boxed on Mar 11, 1927 — 36,397 days ago. Whalen had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jackie Fields.WL

Thompson Nov 1926Fields Mar 1927

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Thompson and Russell Whalen ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Russell Whalen met once on November 23, 1926, and Russell Whalen won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 23, 1926 · Whalen · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Whalen?
Jack Thompson is 79-31-12 and Russell Whalen is 1-1 across the 2 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%

Whalen1–150%

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

Thompson4455.7%

Whalen0

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Whalen have any common opponents?
Jack Thompson and Russell Whalen share 1 common opponent: Jackie Fields. Russell Whalen fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jackie Fields1–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Whalen?
This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 2 bouts tracked for Russell Whalen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson142bouts

Whalen2bouts

How They Win ↓

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