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James Thompson vs Jan Nortje — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Thompson

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Jan Nortje

James Thompson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Jan Nortje (11-0) 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

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Nortje

11

Wins10 KO · 91%

0

Losses

0

Draws11 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

Nortje leads 1–0

James Thompson and Jan Nortje have met 1 time; Nortje leads 1–0.

James Thompson and Jan Nortje have met 1 time; Nortje leads 1–0.
Met1999May 16Series
James ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jan NortjeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 0 · Nortje 5 of 5 measurable rows
ThompsonNortje
Record†
0-311-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 10
0
10 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—90.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—91%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.3
0.2
5.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 11
3
11

† 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 Thompson: No height on file
Jan Nortje: 6′11″
Agenot held
James Thompson: No date of birth
Jan Nortje: 51
Stance
James Thompson: Not recorded
Jan Nortje: Southpaw

James Thompson left, Jan Nortje 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 Thompson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

James Thompson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson yet.

Jan Nortje11 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Jan Nortje: 11 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (91%) and 1 on the cards (9%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 91%1 on the cards 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Thompson 3, Jan Nortje 11 — 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 Thompson last boxed on Feb 7, 2004 — 8,291 days ago. Thompson had lost three straight.LLL

Wilson Jul 1990Nortje May 1999Kassi Feb 20040.2 tracked bouts per year

Jan Nortje last boxed on Jun 16, 2001 — 9,257 days ago. Nortje had won 11 straight, the most recent against Curtis McDorman.WWWWW

Peters Jul 2000Sailor Aug 2000Honore Feb 2001Hilliard Jun 2001McDorman Jun 20015.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Thompson and Jan Nortje ever fought each other?
Yes. James Thompson and Jan Nortje met once on May 16, 1999, and Jan Nortje won by KO.
The meeting

LMay 16, 1999 · Nortje · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Nortje?
James Thompson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jan Nortje is 11-0. Jan Nortje has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson0–30%

Nortje11–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Nortje?
James Thompson has 0 knockout wins and Jan Nortje has 10. Jan Nortje has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson0

Nortje1090.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thompson and Nortje have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Thompson and Jan Nortje have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Nortje?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Thompson and 11 bouts tracked for Jan Nortje. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson3bouts

Nortje11bouts

How They Win ↓

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