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

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Jimmy Ellis

Tony Doyle

Jimmy Ellis (40-12-1) and Tony Doyle (3-7-1 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Ellis

40

Wins24 KO · 60%

12

Losses

1

Draw55 tracked bouts

Doyle

Tracked record

3–7–1

counted from 11 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 Tony Doyle have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.

Jimmy Ellis and Tony Doyle have met 1 time; Ellis leads 1–0.
Met1971Mar 2Series
Jimmy EllisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony DoyleFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 6 · Doyle 0 of 6 measurable rows
EllisDoyle
Record†
40-12-1 (edge)3-7-1
Win %0–100%
76.4% (edge)
31.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
55
11

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

Jimmy Ellis left, Tony Doyle 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%

Tony Doyle3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Tony Doyle: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 11 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, Tony Doyle 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Ellis better on 1 · Doyle better on 1 · even on 1

Ellis

Opponent

Doyle

  • Jimmy Ellis

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 9

    1975

    Loss, RTD 4

    1970

    FrazierDoyle better

    Tony Doyle

    Loss, TKO 2

    1967

  • Jimmy Ellis

    Loss, PTS

    1974

    BugnerEven

    Tony Doyle

    Loss, TKO

    1972

  • Jimmy Ellis

    Win, MD

    1968

    QuarryEllis better

    Tony Doyle

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, TKO 4

    1973

    Loss, UD

    1971

    Draw, UD

    1965

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

Tony Doyle last boxed on Jun 27, 1975 — 18,747 days ago. Doyle had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Spencer Jun 1971Quarry Jul 1971Bugner Nov 1972Quarry Sep 1973Weaver Jun 19751.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Ellis and Tony Doyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Ellis and Tony Doyle met once on March 2, 1971, and Jimmy Ellis won by KO.
The meeting

WMar 2, 1971 · Ellis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Doyle?
Jimmy Ellis is 40-12-1 and Tony Doyle is 3-7-1 across the 11 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%

Doyle3–7–131.8%

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

Ellis2460%

Doyle0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Doyle have any common opponents?
Jimmy Ellis and Tony Doyle share 3 common opponents: Joe Frazier, Joe Bugner and Jerry Quarry. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Joe FrazierLL

Joe BugnerLL

Jerry QuarryW0–2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Doyle?
This comparison is drawn from 55 bouts tracked for Jimmy Ellis and 11 bouts tracked for Tony Doyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis55bouts

Doyle11bouts

How They Win ↓

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