Have Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson ever fought each other?

Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson met once on March 9, 1948, and Jimmy Bivins won by UD.

Who has the better record, Bivins or Thompson?

Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Turkey Thompson is 3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Bivins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Thompson?

Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Turkey Thompson has 1. Jimmy Bivins has more.

Do Bivins and Thompson have any common opponents?

Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson share 1 common opponent: Teddy Yarosz. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Thompson?

This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 5 bouts tracked for Turkey Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jimmy Bivins vs Turkey Thompson — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Jimmy Bivins

Turkey Thompson

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) and Turkey Thompson (3-1 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 1 common opponent.

Bivins

Wins31 KO · 36%

Losses

Draw112 tracked bouts

Thompson

Tracked record

3–1

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

Bivins leads 1–0

Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson have met 1 time; Bivins leads 1–0.
Met	1948Mar 9	Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Turkey ThompsonFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDBivins vs Thompson	1Meeting

Bivins vs Thompson · Mar 9, 1948

The Numbers

Bivins 5 · Thompson 1 of 6 measurable rows

BivinsEdge = longer wingThompson

Record^†: 86-26-1 (edge)3-1
Win %0–100%: 76.5% (edge)
75%
Wins by knockoutmax 31: 31 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable: 36.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 36% (edge)
33%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.1: 8.1 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112: 112
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

Agenot held: Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92; Turkey Thompson: No date of birth
Stance: Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox; Turkey Thompson: Not recorded

Jimmy Bivins left, Turkey Thompson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Jimmy Bivins86 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

31 by KO/TKO 36%55 on the cards 64%

Turkey Thompson3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Bivins 112, Turkey Thompson 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

BivinsJimmy Bivins

Opponent

ThompsonTurkey Thompson

Jimmy Bivins
Win, PTS
1941Mar 1941
YaroszTeddy YaroszUnited States 106–18–3 · MiddleweightEvenEven — 1–0 both
Turkey Thompson
Win, PTS
1940Mar 1940

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jimmy Bivins has won four straight since losing a decision to Tommy Harrison. Bivins last boxed on Oct 28, 1953.LWWWW

Harrison Apr 1953Rolfe Apr 1953Wright Jun 1953Moray Aug 1953DeJohn Oct 19538.1 tracked bouts per year

Turkey Thompson last boxed on Mar 9, 1948 — 28,720 days ago. Thompson had won two in a row before losing a decision to Jimmy Bivins.WNCWWL

Yarosz Mar 1940Ray Aug 1943Ray Aug 1943Godoy Oct 1947Bivins Mar 19480.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson ever fought each other?: Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson met once on March 9, 1948, and Jimmy Bivins won by UD.
Who has the better record, Bivins or Thompson?: Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Turkey Thompson is 3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Bivins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Thompson?: Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Turkey Thompson has 1. Jimmy Bivins has more.
Do Bivins and Thompson have any common opponents?: Jimmy Bivins and Turkey Thompson share 1 common opponent: Teddy Yarosz. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Thompson?: This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 5 bouts tracked for Turkey Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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