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.
Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) and Johnny Morris (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Jimmy Ellis vs Johnny Morris — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy Ellis leads 1–0- Jimmy Ellis wonEllis vs MorrisJul 22, 1961 · SD
The Numbers
- 40-12-1 (edge)
- Record
- 2-7
- 76.4% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 24 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 60%
- KO rate
- —
- 61% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 7
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.4
- 57
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- Height
- —
- 76″ (193 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 86
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy Ellis · 41 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
16
Other
0
Johnny Morris · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (57 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jimmy Ellis
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Mar 12, 1994
Johnny Morris
WLLWL
W1 streak · last fought Jan 18, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Jimmy Ellis and Johnny Morris ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Johnny Morris met once on July 22, 1961, and Jimmy Ellis won by SD.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy Ellis or Johnny Morris?
- Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1 and Johnny Morris is 2-7 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Jimmy Ellis or Johnny Morris?
- Jimmy Ellis has 24 knockout wins and Johnny Morris has 0. Jimmy Ellis has more.
- Do Jimmy Ellis and Johnny Morris have any common opponents?
- Jimmy Ellis and Johnny Morris share 2 common opponents: Rubin Carter and George Benton. Johnny Morris fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy Ellis and Johnny Morris?
- This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 9 bouts tracked for Johnny Morris. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.