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.
Jess Willard (25-7-2) and Joe Cox (1-2 across 3 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.
Jess Willard vs Joe Cox — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Joe Cox leads 1–0- Joe Cox wonWillard vs CoxOct 9, 1911 · TKO · R5
The Numbers
- 25-7-2 (edge)
- Record
- 1-2
- 76.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 33.3%
- 20 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 80%
- KO rate
- —
- 76%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.3
- 34
- Bouts tracked
- 3
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′6″ (199 cm)
- Height
- —
- 144
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJess Willard · 25 wins
KO/TKO
19
Decision
3
Other
3
Joe Cox · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (34 and 3 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jess Willard
LWLWW
L1 streak · last fought Jul 12, 1923
Joe Cox
LLW
L2 streak · last fought Sep 20, 1921
Common Questions
- Have Jess Willard and Joe Cox ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jess Willard and Joe Cox met once on October 9, 1911, and Joe Cox won by TKO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Jess Willard or Joe Cox?
- Jess Willard is 25-7-2 and Joe Cox is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jess Willard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jess Willard or Joe Cox?
- Jess Willard has 20 knockout wins and Joe Cox has 1. Jess Willard has more.
- Do Jess Willard and Joe Cox have any common opponents?
- Jess Willard and Joe Cox share 1 common opponent: Luther McCarty. Jess Willard fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jess Willard and Joe Cox?
- This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard and 3 bouts tracked for Joe Cox. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.