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 Wilde (137-4-1) and Johnny Best (1-2-2 across 5 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.
Jimmy Wilde vs Johnny Best — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jimmy Wilde leads 1–0- Jimmy Wilde wonWilde vs BestDec 9, 1915 · TKO · R14
The Numbers
- 137-4-1 (edge)
- Record
- 1-2-2
- 96.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 40%
- 98 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 71.53%
- KO rate
- —
- 72%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 11.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.2
- 142
- Bouts tracked
- 5
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
- 5′2″ (157 cm)
- Height
- —
- 66″ (168 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 134
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Flyweight
- Division
- —
- Welsh
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy Wilde · 137 wins
KO/TKO
98
Decision
31
Other
8
Johnny Best · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (142 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedJimmy Wilde
WKO R3 · Mar 1916WTKO R8 · Dec 1915WTKO R9 · Dec 1914Johnny Best
DPTS · May 1915DPTS · Mar 1915
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jimmy Wilde
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1923
Johnny Best
LWLDD
L1 streak · last fought Feb 18, 1947
Common Questions
- Have Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best met once on December 9, 1915, and Jimmy Wilde won by TKO in round 14.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy Wilde or Johnny Best?
- Jimmy Wilde is 137-4-1 and Johnny Best is 1-2-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Wilde has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Jimmy Wilde or Johnny Best?
- Jimmy Wilde has 98 knockout wins and Johnny Best has 1. Jimmy Wilde has more.
- Do Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best have any common opponents?
- Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best share 1 common opponent: Sid Smith. Jimmy Wilde fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best?
- This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jimmy Wilde and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Best. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.