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 Tom McMahon (2-9-2 across 13 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.
Jess Willard vs Tom McMahon — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Tom McMahon leads 1–0- Tom McMahon wonWillard vs McMahonMar 27, 1914 · NWS
The Numbers
- 25-7-2 (edge)
- Record
- 2-9-2
- 76.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 23.1%
- 20 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 80%
- KO rate
- —
- 76% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.5
- 34
- Bouts tracked
- 13
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
Tom McMahon · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
2
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (34 and 13 respectively), 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
Jess Willard
LWLWW
L1 streak · last fought Jul 12, 1923
Tom McMahon
LLDLL
L2 streak · last fought Nov 18, 1918
Common Questions
- Have Jess Willard and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jess Willard and Tom McMahon met once on March 27, 1914, and Tom McMahon won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Jess Willard or Tom McMahon?
- Jess Willard is 25-7-2 and Tom McMahon is 2-9-2 across the 13 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 Tom McMahon?
- Jess Willard has 20 knockout wins and Tom McMahon has 0. Jess Willard has more.
- Do Jess Willard and Tom McMahon have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jess Willard and Tom McMahon have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jess Willard and Tom McMahon?
- This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Jess Willard and 13 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.