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Johnny Shaw vs Tommy Gibbons — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Shaw

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Tommy Gibbons

Johnny Shaw (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Tommy Gibbons (96-5-4) 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.

Shaw

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gibbons

96

Wins48 KO · 50%

5

Losses

4

Draws106 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

Gibbons leads 1–0

Johnny Shaw and Tommy Gibbons have met 1 time; Gibbons leads 1–0.

Johnny Shaw and Tommy Gibbons have met 1 time; Gibbons leads 1–0.
Met1913May 27Series
Johnny ShawFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy GibbonsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 0 · Gibbons 5 of 5 measurable rows
ShawGibbons
Record†
0-596-5-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
0
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.7
0.1
7.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
5
106

† 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
Johnny Shaw: No date of birth
Tommy Gibbons: Died aged 69
Stance
Johnny Shaw: Not recorded
Tommy Gibbons: Orthodox

Johnny Shaw left, Tommy Gibbons right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Shaw0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Shaw: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shaw yet.

Tommy Gibbons96 wins · from 106 tracked bouts

Tommy Gibbons: 96 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (50%), 8 on the cards (8%) and 40 by another method or unrecorded (42%). Counted from 106 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 50%8 on the cards 8%40 by another method or unrecorded 42%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Shaw 5, Tommy Gibbons 106 — 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

Johnny Shaw last boxed on Apr 30, 1959 — 24,646 days ago. Shaw had lost five straight.LLLLL

McCoy Oct 1912Gibbons May 1913McCoy Jan 1914Zale May 1939Salas Apr 19590.1 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Gibbons had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Gene Tunney. Gibbons last boxed on Jun 5, 1925.WWWWL

Jamieson Oct 1924Norfolk Dec 1924Burke Jan 1925Herman Jan 1925Tunney Jun 19257.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Shaw and Tommy Gibbons ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Shaw and Tommy Gibbons met once on May 27, 1913, and Tommy Gibbons won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LMay 27, 1913 · Gibbons · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Gibbons?
Johnny Shaw is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tommy Gibbons is 96-5-4. Tommy Gibbons has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw0–50%

Gibbons96–5–493.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Gibbons?
Johnny Shaw has 0 knockout wins and Tommy Gibbons has 48. Tommy Gibbons has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw0

Gibbons4850%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Gibbons have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Shaw and Tommy Gibbons have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Gibbons?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Shaw and 106 bouts tracked for Tommy Gibbons. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw5bouts

Gibbons106bouts

How They Win ↓

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