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John Battling Ward vs Young Corbett III — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Battling Ward

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Young Corbett III

John Battling Ward (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Young Corbett III (123-12-20) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Ward

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

III

123

Wins33 KO · 27%

12

Losses

20

Draws156 tracked bouts

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

III leads 1–0

John Battling Ward and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.

John Battling Ward and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.
Met1926Jan 25Series
John Battling WardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young Corbett IIIFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ward 1 · III 4 of 5 measurable rows
WardIII
Record†
0-3123-12-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
3
156

† 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
John Battling Ward: No height on file
Young Corbett III: 5′7″
Agenot held
John Battling Ward: No date of birth
Young Corbett III: Died aged 88
Stance
John Battling Ward: Not recorded
Young Corbett III: Southpaw

John Battling Ward left, Young Corbett III right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Battling Ward0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

John Battling Ward: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ward yet.

Young Corbett III124 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Young Corbett III: 124 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (27%), 89 on the cards (72%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 27%89 on the cards 72%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Battling Ward 3, Young Corbett III 156 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · III better on 1

Ward

Opponent

III

  • John Battling Ward

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 6

    1925

    Loss, PTS

    1925

    ThompsonIII better

    Young Corbett III

    4–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1930

    Win, PTS

    1930

    Win, PTS

    1928

    Draw, PTS

    1927

    Win, PTS

    1926

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

John Battling Ward last boxed on Jan 25, 1926 — 36,800 days ago. Ward had lost three straight.LLL

Thompson Apr 1925Thompson Apr 1925III Jan 1926

Young Corbett III has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Fred Apostoli. III last boxed on Aug 20, 1940.LWWWW

Apostoli Nov 1938Foster Dec 1939Sparr Mar 1940Cahill Apr 1940Rangel Aug 19407.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Battling Ward and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?
Yes. John Battling Ward and Young Corbett III met once on January 25, 1926, and Young Corbett III won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 25, 1926 · III · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ward or III?
John Battling Ward is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ward0–30%

III123–12–2085.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ward or III?
John Battling Ward has 0 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ward0

III3326.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ward and III have any common opponents?
John Battling Ward and Young Corbett III share 1 common opponent: Jack Thompson. Young Corbett III fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jack ThompsonL4–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ward and III?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for John Battling Ward and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ward3bouts

III156bouts

How They Win ↓

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