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Jim Ford vs Willie Ritchie — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim Ford

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Willie Ritchie

Jim Ford (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Willie Ritchie (45-14-17) 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.

Ford

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Ritchie

45

Wins9 KO · 20%

14

Losses

17

Draws77 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

Ritchie leads 1–0

Jim Ford and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.

Jim Ford and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.
Met1909Jul 21Series
Jim FordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie RitchieFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ford 1 · Ritchie 3 of 4 measurable rows
FordRitchie
Record†
0-145-14-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
70.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 9
0
9 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—20%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 77
1
77

† 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

Agenot held
Jim Ford: No date of birth
Willie Ritchie: Died aged 84
Stance
Jim Ford: Not recorded
Willie Ritchie: Orthodox

Jim Ford left, Willie Ritchie right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Ford0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim Ford: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ford yet.

Willie Ritchie45 wins · from 77 tracked bouts

Willie Ritchie: 45 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (20%), 23 on the cards (51%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 77 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 20%23 on the cards 51%13 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Ford 1, Willie Ritchie 77 — 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

Jim Ford last boxed on Jul 21, 1909 — 42,836 days ago. Ford had lost the most recent, to Willie Ritchie.L

Ritchie Jul 1909

Willie Ritchie has won three straight since losing a decision to Joe Simonich. Ritchie last boxed on Aug 29, 1927.WLWWW

Holley May 1923Simonich Aug 1924Comiskey Jun 1927LaSalle Aug 1927Hoppe Aug 19273.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Ford and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Ford and Willie Ritchie met once on July 21, 1909, and Willie Ritchie won by PTS.
The meeting

LJul 21, 1909 · Ritchie · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ford or Ritchie?
Jim Ford is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ford0–10%

Ritchie45–14–1770.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ford or Ritchie?
Jim Ford has 0 knockout wins and Willie Ritchie has 9. Willie Ritchie has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ford0

Ritchie920%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ford and Ritchie have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim Ford and Willie Ritchie have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ford and Ritchie?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jim Ford and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ford1bout

Ritchie77bouts

How They Win ↓

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