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John Thomas vs Lew Jenkins — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Thomas

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Lew Jenkins

John Thomas (5-4 across 9 tracked bouts) and Lew Jenkins (74-41-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Thomas

Tracked record

5–4

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Jenkins

74

Wins52 KO · 70%

41

Losses

5

Draws120 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

Thomas leads 1–0

John Thomas and Lew Jenkins have met 1 time; Thomas leads 1–0.

John Thomas and Lew Jenkins have met 1 time; Thomas leads 1–0.
Met1942Dec 22Series
John ThomasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Lew JenkinsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Thomas 1 · Jenkins 6 of 7 measurable rows
ThomasJenkins
Record†
5-474-41-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
55.6%
63.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
1
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.27%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
20%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 12
1 (edge)
12
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.1
1
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 120
9
120

† 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 Thomas: No date of birth
Lew Jenkins: Died aged 64
Stance
John Thomas: Not recorded
Lew Jenkins: Orthodox

John Thomas left, Lew Jenkins 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 Thomas5 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

John Thomas: 5 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (20%) and 4 on the cards (80%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 20%4 on the cards 80%

Lew Jenkins74 wins · from 120 tracked bouts

Lew Jenkins: 74 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (70%), 21 on the cards (28%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 120 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 70%21 on the cards 28%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Thomas 9, Lew Jenkins 120 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Thomas better on 2

Thomas

Opponent

Jenkins

  • John Thomas

    1–1 against

    Win, UD

    1944

    Loss, SD

    1944

    ArmstrongThomas better

    Lew Jenkins

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1942

    Loss, TKO 6

    1940

  • John Thomas

    1–1 against

    Win, UD

    1944

    Loss, MD

    1943

    JoyceThomas better

    Lew Jenkins

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, SD

    1939

    Loss, SD

    1939

    Draw, SD

    1939

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 Thomas last boxed on Jan 28, 1951 — 27,659 days ago. Thomas had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Armstrong Apr 1944Armstrong Jul 1944Maxim Mar 1946Maxim Sep 1947Moore Jan 19511 tracked bouts per year

Lew Jenkins has lost four straight, after one straight win. Jenkins last boxed on Apr 14, 1950.WLLLL

Pennino Jan 1950Haines Jan 1950Lastre Jan 1950Basilio Mar 1950Jack Apr 19508.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Thomas and Lew Jenkins ever fought each other?
Yes. John Thomas and Lew Jenkins met once on December 22, 1942, and John Thomas won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WDec 22, 1942 · Thomas · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thomas or Jenkins?
John Thomas is 5-4 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lew Jenkins is 74-41-5. Lew Jenkins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thomas5–455.6%

Jenkins74–41–563.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thomas or Jenkins?
John Thomas has 1 knockout win and Lew Jenkins has 52. Lew Jenkins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thomas1

Jenkins5270.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thomas and Jenkins have any common opponents?
John Thomas and Lew Jenkins share 2 common opponents: Henry Armstrong and Willie Joyce. John Thomas fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Henry Armstrong1–1L

Willie Joyce1–10–2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thomas and Jenkins?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for John Thomas and 120 bouts tracked for Lew Jenkins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thomas9bouts

Jenkins120bouts

How They Win ↓

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