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Jack Johnson vs Tommy Burns

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns met once (1908). Jack Johnson won in 1908 by ko.

Side by side

Jack JohnsonTommy Burns
74″ (188 cm)Reach73″ (185.4 cm)
72″ (182.9 cm)Height67″ (170.2 cm)
+2.79%Reach advantage+8.93%
68–11Record47–5
50%Finish rate74%
22Longest unbeaten run18
81Recorded bouts54
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 7. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

Careers side by side

Jack Johnson

1900 1910 1920 1930 win vs Ed Johnson (1897)win vs Charley Brooks (1897)win vs Cherokee (1898)loss vs Klondike Haynes (1899)win vs Klondike Haynes (1900)win vs Jim McCormick (1900)? vs William McNeill (1900)draw vs Hank Griffin (1901)draw vs Mexican Pete Everett (1901)draw vs Billy Stift (1901)loss vs Joe Choynski (1901)draw vs Jim Scanlon (1901)win vs Fred Russell (1902)win vs George Gardiner (1902)win vs Frank Childs (1902)draw vs Hank Griffin (1902)win vs Jack Jeffries (1902)win vs Joe Kennedy (1902)win vs Sandy Ferguson (1903)win vs Sam McVey (1903)win vs Joe Butler (1903)win vs Denver Ed Martin (1903)win vs Denver Ed Martin (1904)win vs Frank Childs (1904)win vs Sam McVey (1904)win vs Black Bill (1904)? vs Sandy Ferguson (1904)win vs Joe Jennette (1905)win vs Young Peter Jackson (1905)win vs Joe Grim (1905)win vs Sandy Ferguson (1905)win vs Morris Harris (1905)win vs Black Bill (1905)win vs Jack Munroe (1905)win vs Walter Johnson (1905)win vs Jim Jeffords (1905)loss vs Marvin Hart (1905)draw vs Joe Jennette (1906)win vs Jim Jeffords (1906)draw vs Billy Dunning (1906)win vs Charlie Haghey (1906)win vs Sam Langford (1906)win vs Black Bill (1906)win vs Fireman Jim Flynn (1907)win vs Sailor Burke (1907)win vs Charles Cutler (1907)win vs Bob Fitzsimmons (1907)win vs Bill Lang (1907)win vs Peter Felix (1907)win vs Tommy Burns (1908)win vs Ben Taylor (1908)win vs Stanley Ketchel (1909)win vs Al Kaufman (1909)win vs Tony Ross (1909)draw vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1909)win vs James J. Jeffries (1910)win vs Fireman Jim Flynn (1912)draw vs Battling Jim Johnson (1913)win vs Frank Moran (1914)loss vs Jess Willard (1915)win vs Jack Murray (1915)win vs Arthur Cravan (1916)win vs Frank Crozier (1916)win vs Blink McCloskey (1918)win vs Marty Cutler (1919)nc vs Jerry Smith (1919)win vs Tom Cowler (1919)win vs Bob Roper (1919)win vs Bill Flint (1919)win vs George Roberts (1920)win vs Bob Wilson (1920)win vs Jack Thompson (1923)win vs Farmer Lodge (1923)win vs Homer Smith (1924)loss vs Brad Simmons (1926)loss vs Bob Lawson (1926)win vs Pat Lester (1926)win vs Rough House Wilson (1928)loss vs Bill Hartwell (1928)loss vs Bearcat Wright (1928)win vs Brad Simmons (1931)
winlossdraw / NC1897–1931

Tommy Burns

1910 1920 win vs Tom McCune (1902)win vs Reddy Phillips (1902)win vs Jack O'Donnell (1902)win vs Dick Smith (1902)win vs Ed Sholtreau (1902)win vs Billy Walsh (1902)win vs Archie Steele (1902)win vs Harry Peppers (1902)win vs Fred Thornton (1902)win vs Tom McCune (1903)win vs Jack O'Donnell (1903)win vs Jack Butler (1903)draw vs Billy Moore (1903)win vs Jack Hammond (1903)win vs Jim Duggan (1903)win vs Earl Thompson (1903)win vs Dick Smith (1903)win vs Reddy Phillips (1903)win vs Jim O'Brien (1903)loss vs Mike Schreck (1903)loss vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1904)draw vs Billy Woods (1904)win vs Cyclone Kelly (1904)win vs Hans Erickson (1904)win vs Joe Wardinski (1904)win vs Tony Caponi (1904)draw vs Mike Schreck (1904)win vs George Shrosbree (1904)win vs Ben O'Grady (1904)loss vs Jack Twin Sullivan (1905)win vs Dave Barry (1905)draw vs Hugo Kelly (1905)win vs Joe Schildt (1905)draw vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1906)win vs Fireman Jim Flynn (1906)win vs James J Walker (1906)win vs Jim O'Brien (1906)win vs Marvin Hart (1906)win vs Gunner Moir (1907)win vs Bill Squires (1907)win vs Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1907)loss vs Jack Johnson (1908)win vs Bill Lang (1908)win vs Bill Squires (1908)win vs Jewey Smith (1908)win vs Jem Roche (1908)win vs Jack Palmer (1908)win vs Bill Lang (1910)win vs Bill Rickard (1912)draw vs Arthur Pelkey (1913)win vs Battling Brandt (1914)win vs Bob Bracken (1918)loss vs Joe Beckett (1920)
winlossdraw / NC1902–1920

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