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Jack Thompson vs Sam Bruce — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Sam Bruce

Jack Thompson (79-31-12) and Sam Bruce (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 tracked bouts

Bruce

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Sam Bruce have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Jack Thompson and Sam Bruce have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1928Nov 29Series
Jack ThompsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sam BruceFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 6 · Bruce 1 of 7 measurable rows
ThompsonBruce
Record†
79-31-12 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
69.7% (edge)
25%
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
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 7
7 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
142
4

† 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″
Sam Bruce: No height on file
Agenot held
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Sam Bruce: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Thompson: Orthodox
Sam Bruce: Not recorded

Jack Thompson left, Sam Bruce 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%

Sam Bruce1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Sam Bruce: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 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, Sam Bruce 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Bruce better on 2

Thompson

Opponent

Bruce

  • Jack Thompson

    1–2 against

    Win, TKO 12

    1931

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    FreemanBruce better

    Sam Bruce

    Loss, TKO 9

    1929

  • Jack Thompson

    1–2 against

    Win, PTS

    1930

    Loss, UD

    1929

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    FieldsBruce better

    Sam Bruce

    Loss, MD

    1930

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

Sam Bruce last boxed on Nov 24, 1930 — 35,031 days ago. Bruce had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jackie Fields.LLWL

Thompson Nov 1928Freeman Sep 1929Britton Dec 1929Fields Nov 19302 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Thompson and Sam Bruce ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Sam Bruce met once on November 29, 1928, and Jack Thompson won by KO.
The meeting

WNov 29, 1928 · Thompson · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Bruce?
Jack Thompson is 79-31-12 and Sam Bruce is 1-3 across the 4 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%

Bruce1–325%

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

Thompson4455.7%

Bruce0

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Bruce have any common opponents?
Jack Thompson and Sam Bruce share 2 common opponents: Tommy Freeman and Jackie Fields. Sam Bruce fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tommy Freeman1–2L

Jackie Fields1–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Bruce?
This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 4 bouts tracked for Sam Bruce. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson142bouts

Bruce4bouts

How They Win ↓

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