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Jim O'Brien vs Tommy Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim O'Brien

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Tommy Burns

Jim O'Brien (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Tommy Burns (47-5-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

O'Brien

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

47

Wins35 KO · 74%

5

Losses

9

Draws64 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

Burns leads 2–0

Jim O'Brien and Tommy Burns have met 2 times; Burns leads 2–0.

Jim O'Brien and Tommy Burns have met 2 times; Burns leads 2–0.
Met1903Feb 131906Mar 28Series
Jim O'BrienFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Tommy BurnsFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSKOR12Meetings

The Numbers

O'Brien 0 · Burns 5 of 5 measurable rows
O'BrienBurns
Record†
0-4-147-5-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
84.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.47%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.5
0.2
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
5
64

† 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
Jim O'Brien: No height on file
Tommy Burns: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jim O'Brien: No reach on file
Tommy Burns: 73″
Agenot held
Jim O'Brien: No date of birth
Tommy Burns: Died aged 73
Stance
Jim O'Brien: Not recorded
Tommy Burns: Orthodox

Jim O'Brien left, Tommy Burns 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 O'Brien0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jim O'Brien: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for O'Brien yet.

Tommy Burns48 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Tommy Burns: 48 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (73%), 11 on the cards (23%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 23%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim O'Brien 5, Tommy Burns 64 — 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 O'Brien last boxed on Dec 21, 1912 — 41,576 days ago. O'Brien had lost four straight.DLLLL

Martin Dec 1886Martin Feb 1887Burns Feb 1903Burns Mar 1906Smith Dec 19120.2 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Burns had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Beckett. Burns last boxed on Jul 16, 1920.WDWWL

Rickard Aug 1912Pelkey Apr 1913Brandt Jan 1914Bracken Sep 1918Beckett Jul 19203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim O'Brien and Tommy Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim O'Brien and Tommy Burns have met 2 times and Tommy Burns leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LMar 28, 1906 · Burns · KO R1

LFeb 13, 1903 · Burns · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, O'Brien or Burns?
Jim O'Brien is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Burns is 47-5-9. Tommy Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

O'Brien0–4–110%

Burns47–5–984.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, O'Brien or Burns?
Jim O'Brien has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Burns has 35. Tommy Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

O'Brien0

Burns3574.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do O'Brien and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jim O'Brien and Tommy Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Brien and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jim O'Brien and 64 bouts tracked for Tommy Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

O'Brien5bouts

Burns64bouts

How They Win ↓

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