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Jimmy Ellis vs Joe Blackwood — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Ellis

Joe Blackwood

Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) and Joe Blackwood (3-2-1 across 6 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.

Ellis

40

Wins24 KO · 60%

12

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Blackwood

Tracked record

3–2–1

counted from 6 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

Ellis leads 1–0

Jimmy Ellis and Joe Blackwood have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.

Jimmy Ellis and Joe Blackwood have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met1965May 25Series
Jimmy EllisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe BlackwoodFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 6 · Blackwood 1 of 7 measurable rows
EllisBlackwood
Record†
40-12-1 (edge)3-2-1
Win %0–100%
76.4% (edge)
58.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
6

† 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: 6′1″
Joe Blackwood: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jimmy Ellis: 76″
Joe Blackwood: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jimmy Ellis: Died aged 74
Joe Blackwood: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Ellis: Orthodox
Joe Blackwood: Not recorded

Jimmy Ellis left, Joe Blackwood 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 Ellis40 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Jimmy Ellis: 40 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (60%) and 16 on the cards (40%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 60%16 on the cards 40%

Joe Blackwood3 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Joe Blackwood: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Ellis 55, Joe Blackwood 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Blackwood better on 1

Ellis

Opponent

Blackwood

  • Jimmy Ellis

    Loss, MD

    1964

    BentonBlackwood better

    Joe Blackwood

    Win, MD

    1953

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 Ellis has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ellis last boxed on Aug 3, 1987.LLWLL

Bugner Nov 1974Frazier Mar 1975Baker May 1975Magee Oct 1986Magee Aug 19872.1 tracked bouts per year

Joe Blackwood last boxed on May 25, 1965 — 22,434 days ago. Blackwood had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy Ellis.DWLWL

LaMotta Apr 1946LaMotta May 1946Lytell Jan 1948Benton Mar 1953Ellis May 19650.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Ellis and Joe Blackwood ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Joe Blackwood met once on May 25, 1965, and Jimmy Ellis won by KO.
The meeting

WMay 25, 1965 · Ellis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Blackwood?
Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1 and Joe Blackwood is 3-2-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Ellis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ellis40–12–176.4%

Blackwood3–2–158.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Blackwood?
Jimmy Ellis has 24 knockout wins and Joe Blackwood has 0. Jimmy Ellis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis2460%

Blackwood0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Blackwood have any common opponents?
Jimmy Ellis and Joe Blackwood share 1 common opponent: George Benton. Joe Blackwood fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George BentonLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Blackwood?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 6 bouts tracked for Joe Blackwood. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis55bouts

Blackwood6bouts

How They Win ↓

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