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Jess Willard vs Soldier Kearns — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jess Willard

Soldier Kearns

Jess Willard (25-7-2) and Soldier Kearns (0-4-1 across 5 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

Kearns

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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 Soldier Kearns have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.

Jess Willard and Soldier Kearns have met 1 time; Willard leads 1–0.
Met1912Dec 27Series
Jess WillardFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Soldier KearnsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Willard 4 · Kearns 1 of 5 measurable rows
WillardKearns
Record†
25-7-2 (edge)0-4-1
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
10%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
5

† 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″
Soldier Kearns: No height on file
Agenot held
Jess Willard: Died aged 86
Soldier Kearns: No date of birth
Stance
Jess Willard: Orthodox
Soldier Kearns: Not recorded

Jess Willard left, Soldier Kearns 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%

Soldier Kearns0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Soldier Kearns: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kearns yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jess Willard 34, Soldier Kearns 5 — 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

Soldier Kearns last boxed on Sep 28, 1915 — 40,565 days ago. Kearns had lost the most recent, to Battling Levinsky.LLLDL

Willard Dec 1912Levinsky Jan 1914Levinsky Aug 1915Johnson Sep 1915Levinsky Sep 19151.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jess Willard and Soldier Kearns ever fought each other?
Yes. Jess Willard and Soldier Kearns met once on December 27, 1912, and Jess Willard won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WDec 27, 1912 · Willard · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Willard or Kearns?
Jess Willard is 25-7-2 and Soldier Kearns is 0-4-1 across the 5 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%

Kearns0–4–110%

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

Willard2080%

Kearns0

The Numbers ↓
Do Willard and Kearns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jess Willard and Soldier Kearns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Willard and Kearns?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard and 5 bouts tracked for Soldier Kearns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Willard34bouts

Kearns5bouts

How They Win ↓

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