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Jimmy Ellis vs Tony Tubbs — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jimmy Ellis

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Tony Tubbs

Jimmy Ellis (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Tony Tubbs (47-10) 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.

Ellis

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tubbs

47

Wins25 KO · 53%

10

Losses

0

Draws59 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

Ellis leads 1–0

Jimmy Ellis and Tony Tubbs have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.

Jimmy Ellis and Tony Tubbs have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met1993Aug 16Series
Jimmy EllisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony TubbsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 2 · Tubbs 4 of 6 measurable rows
EllisTubbs
Record†
1-147-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
82.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
1
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.19%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
51%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
2
59

† 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
Jimmy Ellis: No height on file
Tony Tubbs: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Jimmy Ellis: No reach on file
Tony Tubbs: 79″
Agenot held
Jimmy Ellis: No date of birth
Tony Tubbs: 68
Stance
Jimmy Ellis: Not recorded
Tony Tubbs: Orthodox

Jimmy Ellis left, Tony Tubbs 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 Ellis1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Jimmy Ellis: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Tony Tubbs47 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Tony Tubbs: 47 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (51%), 22 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 51%22 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Ellis 2, Tony Tubbs 59 — 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

Jimmy Ellis last boxed on Mar 12, 1994 — 11,924 days ago. Ellis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Shannon Briggs.WL

Tubbs Aug 1993Briggs Mar 1994

Tony Tubbs last boxed on Nov 4, 2006 — 7,304 days ago. Tubbs had won five straight, the most recent against Adam Smith.WWWWW

Sargent Oct 2004Minto Dec 2004Wofford Feb 2005Waller Aug 2006Smith Nov 20062.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Ellis and Tony Tubbs ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Tony Tubbs met once on August 16, 1993, and Jimmy Ellis won by KO.
The meeting

WAug 16, 1993 · Ellis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Tubbs?
Jimmy Ellis is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Tubbs is 47-10. Tony Tubbs has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ellis1–150%

Tubbs47–1082.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Tubbs?
Jimmy Ellis has 1 knockout win and Tony Tubbs has 25. Tony Tubbs has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis1

Tubbs2553.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Tubbs have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Ellis and Tony Tubbs have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Tubbs?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 59 bouts tracked for Tony Tubbs. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis2bouts

Tubbs59bouts

How They Win ↓

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