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Jimmy Ellis vs Ollie Wilson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Ellis

Ollie Wilson

Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) and Ollie Wilson (1-11 across 12 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

Wilson

Tracked record

1–11

counted from 12 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 Ollie Wilson have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.

Jimmy Ellis and Ollie Wilson have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met1972Sep 21Series
Jimmy EllisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ollie WilsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 6 · Wilson 1 of 7 measurable rows
EllisWilson
Record†
40-12-1 (edge)1-11
Win %0–100%
76.4% (edge)
8.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
5 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
12

† 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″
Ollie Wilson: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jimmy Ellis: 76″
Ollie Wilson: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jimmy Ellis: Died aged 74
Ollie Wilson: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Ellis: Orthodox
Ollie Wilson: Not recorded

Jimmy Ellis left, Ollie Wilson 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%

Ollie Wilson1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Ollie Wilson: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Ellis 55, Ollie Wilson 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Ellis

Opponent

Wilson

  • Jimmy Ellis

    Loss, SD

    1973

    KirkmanEven

    Ollie Wilson

    Loss, KO

    1970

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

Ollie Wilson last boxed on Sep 21, 1972 — 19,756 days ago. Wilson had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Piccoli Dec 1964Kirkman Mar 1970Ros Mar 1971Foreman Oct 1971Ellis Sep 19720.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Ellis and Ollie Wilson ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Ollie Wilson met once on September 21, 1972, and Jimmy Ellis won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WSep 21, 1972 · Ellis · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Wilson?
Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1 and Ollie Wilson is 1-11 across the 12 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%

Wilson1–118.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Wilson?
Jimmy Ellis has 24 knockout wins and Ollie Wilson has 1. Jimmy Ellis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis2460%

Wilson1

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Wilson have any common opponents?
Jimmy Ellis and Ollie Wilson share 1 common opponent: Boone Kirkman. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Boone KirkmanLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Wilson?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 12 bouts tracked for Ollie Wilson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis55bouts

Wilson12bouts

How They Win ↓

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