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Jess Willard vs Sailor White — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jess Willard

Sailor White

Jess Willard (25-7-2) and Sailor White (0-3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Willard

25

Wins20 KO · 80%

7

Losses

2

Draws34 tracked bouts

White

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Willard leads 1–0

Jess Willard and Sailor White have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.

Jess Willard and Sailor White have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.
Met1912Dec 2Series
Jess WillardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sailor WhiteFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Willard 4 · White 1 of 5 measurable rows
WillardWhite
Record†
25-7-2 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
3

† 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
Jess Willard: 6′6″
Sailor White: No height on file
Agenot held
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Sailor White: No date of birth
Stance
Jess Willard: Orthodox
Sailor White: Not recorded

Jess Willard left, Sailor White right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jess Willard25 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Jess Willard: 25 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (76%), 3 on the cards (12%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (12%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 76%3 on the cards 12%3 by another method or unrecorded 12%

Sailor White0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Sailor White: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for White yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jess Willard 34, Sailor White 3 — 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

Jess Willard had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Luis Ángel Firpo. Willard last boxed on Jul 12, 1923.WWLWL

Johnson Apr 1915Moran Mar 1916Dempsey Jul 1919Johnson May 1923Firpo Jul 19232.7 tracked bouts per year

Sailor White last boxed on Aug 19, 1913 — 41,334 days ago. White had lost three straight.LLL

Jackson Nov 1889Willard Dec 1912Levinsky Aug 19130.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jess Willard and Sailor White ever fought each other?
Yes. Jess Willard and Sailor White met once on December 2, 1912, and Jess Willard won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 2, 1912 · Willard · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Willard or White?
Jess Willard is 25-7-2 and Sailor White is 0-3 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.
Records · win %

Willard25–7–276.5%

White0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Willard or White?
Jess Willard has 20 knockout wins and Sailor White has 0. Jess Willard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Willard2080%

White0

The Numbers ↓
Do Willard and White have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jess Willard and Sailor White have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Willard and White?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard and 3 bouts tracked for Sailor White. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Willard34bouts

White3bouts

How They Win ↓

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