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James J Walker vs Tommy Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

James J Walker

🇨🇦CANADA

Tommy Burns

James J Walker (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) 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.

Walker

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

47

Wins35 KO · 74%

5

Losses

9

Draws64 tracked bouts

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

Burns leads 1–0

James J Walker and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

James J Walker and Tommy Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met1906Mar 28Series
James J WalkerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Walker 0 · Burns 5 of 5 measurable rows
WalkerBurns
Record†
0-447-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
0
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
4
64

† 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
James J Walker: No height on file
Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held
James J Walker: No reach on file
Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held
James J Walker: No date of birth
Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance
James J Walker: Not recorded
Tommy Burns: Orthodox

James J Walker left, Tommy Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
James J Walker0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

James J Walker: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Walker yet.

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Tommy Burns: 48 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (73%), 11 on the cards (23%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James J Walker 4, Tommy Burns 64 — 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

James J Walker last boxed on Sep 6, 1986 — 14,655 days ago. Walker had lost four straight.LLLL

Jackson Feb 1890Ryan Jun 1903Burns Mar 1906Stewart Sep 19860 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James J Walker and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. James J Walker and Tommy Burns met once on March 28, 1906, and Tommy Burns won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMar 28, 1906 · Burns · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walker or Burns?
James J Walker is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Walker0–40%

Burns47–5–984.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walker or Burns?
James J Walker has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walker0

Burns3574.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Walker and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James J Walker and Tommy Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walker and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for James J Walker and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walker4bouts

Burns64bouts

How They Win ↓

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