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Jimmy Wilde vs Johnny Best — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Wilde

Johnny Best

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.

Wilde

137

Wins98 KO · 72%

4

Losses

1

Draw142 tracked bouts

Best

Tracked record

1–2–2

counted from 5 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

Wilde leads 1–0

Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best have met 1 time; Wilde leads 1–0.

Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best have met 1 time; Wilde leads 1–0.
Met1915Dec 9Series
Jimmy WildeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny BestFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR141Meeting

The Numbers

Wilde 5 · Best 2 of 7 measurable rows
WildeBest
Record†
137-4-1 (edge)1-2-2
Win %0–100%
96.8% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 98
98 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
71.53%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
72%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 11.4
11.4 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
142
5

† 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 Wilde: 5′2″
Johnny Best: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jimmy Wilde: 66″
Johnny Best: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jimmy Wilde: Died aged 76
Johnny Best: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Wilde: Orthodox
Johnny Best: Not recorded

Jimmy Wilde left, Johnny Best 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 Wilde137 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jimmy Wilde: 137 tracked wins — 98 by KO/TKO (72%), 31 on the cards (23%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

98 by KO/TKO 72%31 on the cards 23%8 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Johnny Best1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Best: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 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 Wilde 142, Johnny Best 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Wilde better on 1

Wilde

Opponent

Best

  • Jimmy Wilde

    3–0 against

    Win, KO 3

    1916

    Win, TKO 8

    1915

    Win, TKO 9

    1914

    SmithWilde better

    Johnny Best

    0–0–2 against

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

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 Wilde has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Wilde last boxed on Jun 18, 1923.WWWLL

Dyson May 1920Murray May 1920Wallace May 1920Herman Jan 1921Villa Jun 192311.4 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Best last boxed on Feb 18, 1947 — 29,099 days ago. Best had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Randy Turpin.DDLWL

Smith Mar 1915Smith May 1915Wilde Dec 1915Turpin Nov 1946Turpin Feb 19470.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WDec 9, 1915 · Wilde · TKO R14

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wilde or 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.
Records · win %

Wilde137–4–196.8%

Best1–2–240%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wilde or Best?
Jimmy Wilde has 98 knockout wins and Johnny Best has 1. Jimmy Wilde has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wilde9871.5%

Best1

The Numbers ↓
Do Wilde and Best have any common opponents?
Jimmy Wilde and Johnny Best share 1 common opponent: Sid Smith. Jimmy Wilde fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sid SmithWD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wilde and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wilde142bouts

Best5bouts

How They Win ↓

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