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Lew Tendler (145-16-8) and Willie Jackson (6-13-6 across 25 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Lew Tendler vs Willie Jackson — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Lew Tendler

145–16–8

171 tracked bouts

Willie Jackson

Tracked record

6–13–6

25 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

Lew Tendler leads 5–0

The Numbers

145-16-8 (edge)
Record
6-13-6

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

88.2% (edge)
Win %
36%
38 (edge)
Wins by knockout
1
26.21%
KO rate
27% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
17%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

1 (edge)
Times stopped
2

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
11.7 (edge)
Bouts per year
4.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

171
Bouts tracked
25

Tale of the Tape

127
Age
Southpaw
Stance
Welterweight
Division
American
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Lew Tendler · 145 wins

KO/TKO
39
Decision
20
Other
86

Willie Jackson · 6 wins

KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
4

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (171 and 25 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared
  • Lew Tendler

    WNWS · Feb 1924WNWS · May 1920

    Pinky Mitchell

    Willie Jackson

    DPTS · Jan 1921
  • Lew Tendler

    LUD · Jul 1923LUD · Jul 1923LNWS · Jul 1922

    Benny Leonard

    Willie Jackson

    LNWS · Jul 1918
  • Lew Tendler

    WUD · May 1922WNWS · Oct 1917WNWS · Mar 1917

    Johnny Dundee

    Willie Jackson

    DPTS · Dec 1921WPTS · Feb 1921DMD · Nov 1920DPTS · Jun 1920WNWS · May 1920WNWS · Mar 1920LNWS · Oct 1919WNWS · Sep 1919DPTS · Mar 1918LNWS · Jun 1917WKO R1 · Jan 1917
  • Lew Tendler

    LPTS · Oct 1921WNWS · Jan 1919WNWS · Oct 1917

    Rocky Kansas

    Willie Jackson

    LPTS · Mar 1921LNWS · Mar 1918DNWS · Feb 1918WNWS · Oct 1917

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Lew Tendler

WLWWW

W1 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1928

Willie Jackson

LDLLW

L1 streak · last fought Feb 20, 1922

Common Questions

Have Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson ever fought each other?
Yes. Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson have met 5 times and Lew Tendler leads the series 5-0.
Who has the better record, Lew Tendler or Willie Jackson?
Lew Tendler is 145-16-8 and Willie Jackson is 6-13-6 across the 25 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lew Tendler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Lew Tendler or Willie Jackson?
Lew Tendler has 38 knockout wins and Willie Jackson has 1. Lew Tendler has more.
Do Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson have any common opponents?
Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson share 4 common opponents: Pinky Mitchell, Benny Leonard and Johnny Dundee (and 1 other). Lew Tendler fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lew Tendler and Willie Jackson?
This comparison is drawn from 171 bouts tracked for Lew Tendler and 25 bouts tracked for Willie Jackson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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