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John Ford vs Phil Jackson — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Ford

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Phil Jackson

John Ford (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Phil Jackson (44-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ford

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Jackson

44

Wins38 KO · 86%

13

Losses

0

Draws59 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

Jackson leads 1–0

John Ford and Phil Jackson have met 1 time; Jackson leads 1–0.

John Ford and Phil Jackson have met 1 time; Jackson leads 1–0.
Met1989Sep 8Series
John FordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Phil JacksonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ford 1 · Jackson 4 of 5 measurable rows
FordJackson
Record†
0-244-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—86.36%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—86%
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.8
0.4
3.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
2
59

† 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

Agenot held
John Ford: No date of birth
Phil Jackson: 62
Stance
John Ford: Not recorded
Phil Jackson: Orthodox

John Ford left, Phil Jackson 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 Ford0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

John Ford: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ford yet.

Phil Jackson44 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Phil Jackson: 44 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (86%) and 6 on the cards (14%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 86%6 on the cards 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Ford 2, Phil Jackson 59 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

John Ford last boxed on Sep 8, 1989 — 13,561 days ago. Ford had lost two straight.LL

Barkley Aug 1984Jackson Sep 19890.4 tracked bouts per year

Phil Jackson last boxed on Jul 24, 2004 — 8,128 days ago. Jackson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Dominick Guinn.WLLWL

Nurse May 2001Jefferson Feb 2002Nix Apr 2002Lane Oct 2003Guinn Jul 20043.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Ford and Phil Jackson ever fought each other?
Yes. John Ford and Phil Jackson met once on September 8, 1989, and Phil Jackson won by TKO.
The meeting

LSep 8, 1989 · Jackson · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ford or Jackson?
John Ford is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Phil Jackson is 44-13. Phil Jackson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ford0–20%

Jackson44–1377.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ford or Jackson?
John Ford has 0 knockout wins and Phil Jackson has 38. Phil Jackson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ford0

Jackson3886.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ford and Jackson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Ford and Phil Jackson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ford and Jackson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for John Ford and 59 bouts tracked for Phil Jackson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ford2bouts

Jackson59bouts

How They Win ↓

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