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Tommy Jackson

34–9 · 40 recorded bouts · 1952–1960

Boxing record

34–9–1

Tommy Jackson finished 47% of 34 wins inside the distance — the 14th percentile for heavyweight boxing, where the median is 68%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

19501960draw v Shirley Pembleton, 1952, decisionwin v Jimmy DiLenge, 1952, decisionwin v Phil Alston, 1952, decisionwin v Jack Jacobs, 1952, decisionwin v Gene Brixen, 1952, kowin v Jimmy Middleton, 1952, kowin v Terry Halpine, 1952, kowin v Archie McBride, 1953, decisionwin v Joe Lindsay, 1953, decisionloss v Bert Whitehurst, 1953, decisionwin v Bob Golden, 1953, decisionwin v Elmo Lincoln, 1953, kowin v Roy Thomas, 1953, decisionwin v Keene Simmons, 1954, koloss v Niño Valdés, 1954, kowin v Charley Norkus, 1954, koloss v Jimmy Slade, 1954, decisionwin v Dan Bucceroni, 1954, kowin v Clarence Henry, 1954, decisionwin v Rex Layne, 1954, koloss v Jimmy Slade, 1955, decisionwin v Rex Layne, 1955, kowin v Ezzard Charles, 1955, decisionwin v Archie McBride, 1955, decisionwin v Charles 'Kid' Saucer, 1955, kowin v Roy Thomas, 1955, kowin v Leo Johnson, 1955, kowin v Julio Mederos, 1956, decisionwin v Bob Baker, 1956, decisionloss v Floyd Patterson, 1956, decisionwin v Johnny Williams, 1956, koloss v Eddie Machen, 1957, koloss v Floyd Patterson, 1957, kowin v Eddie Vick, 1958, decisionwin v Howard King, 1959, kowin v George Logan, 1959, decisionwin v Solomon McTier, 1959, koloss v Hans Kalbfell, 1960, koloss v Howard King, 1960, decisionwin v Jim O'Connell, 1960, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1952–1960

SOURCE·Tommy Jackson (boxer) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-08-03

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-08-03. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 587 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1960 L Hans Kalbfell KO/TKO8
1960 L Howard King Decision10
1960 W Jim O'Connell KO/TKO4
1959 W Howard King KO/TKO10
1959 W George Logan Decision10
1959 W Solomon McTier KO/TKO8
1958 W Eddie Vick Decision10
1957 L Eddie Machen KO/TKO10
1957 L Floyd Patterson KO/TKO10
1956 W Julio Mederos Decision10
1956 W Bob Baker Decision12
1956 L Floyd Patterson Decision12
1956 W Johnny Williams KO/TKO4
1955 L Jimmy Slade Decision10
1955 W Rex Layne KO/TKO6
1955 W Ezzard Charles Decision10
1955 W Archie McBride Decision10
1955 W Charles 'Kid' Saucer KO/TKO3
1955 W Roy Thomas KO/TKO5
1955 W Leo Johnson KO/TKO3
1954 W Keene Simmons KO/TKO6
1954 L Niño Valdés KO/TKO2
1954 W Charley Norkus KO/TKO5
1954 L Jimmy Slade Decision10
1954 W Dan Bucceroni KO/TKO6
1954 W Clarence Henry Decision10
1954 W Rex Layne KO/TKO6
1953 W Archie McBride Decision6
1953 W Joe Lindsay Decision6
1953 L Bert Whitehurst Decision6
1953 W Bob Golden Decision6
1953 W Elmo Lincoln KO/TKO3
1953 W Roy Thomas Decision8
1952 D Shirley Pembleton Decision6
1952 W Jimmy DiLenge Decision8
1952 W Phil Alston Decision6
1952 W Jack Jacobs Decision4
1952 W Gene Brixen KO/TKO4
1952 W Jimmy Middleton KO/TKO3
1952 W Terry Halpine KO/TKO4

10 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Tommy Jackson (boxer) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-08-03

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight Boxing
Most active decade1950s — 37 of 40 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Tommy Jackson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1960 draw vs Shirley Pembleton (1952)win vs Jimmy DiLenge (1952)win vs Phil Alston (1952)win vs Jack Jacobs (1952)win vs Gene Brixen (1952)win vs Jimmy Middleton (1952)win vs Terry Halpine (1952)win vs Archie McBride (1953)win vs Joe Lindsay (1953)loss vs Bert Whitehurst (1953)win vs Bob Golden (1953)win vs Elmo Lincoln (1953)win vs Roy Thomas (1953)win vs Keene Simmons (1954)loss vs Niño Valdés (1954)win vs Charley Norkus (1954)loss vs Jimmy Slade (1954)win vs Dan Bucceroni (1954)win vs Clarence Henry (1954)win vs Rex Layne (1954)loss vs Jimmy Slade (1955)win vs Rex Layne (1955)win vs Ezzard Charles (1955)win vs Archie McBride (1955)win vs Charles 'Kid' Saucer (1955)win vs Roy Thomas (1955)win vs Leo Johnson (1955)win vs Julio Mederos (1956)win vs Bob Baker (1956)loss vs Floyd Patterson (1956)win vs Johnny Williams (1956)loss vs Eddie Machen (1957)loss vs Floyd Patterson (1957)win vs Eddie Vick (1958)win vs Howard King (1959)win vs George Logan (1959)win vs Solomon McTier (1959)loss vs Hans Kalbfell (1960)loss vs Howard King (1960)win vs Jim O'Connell (1960)
winlossdraw / NC1952–1960

Record

Boxing record

34–9

44 bouts on record

Finish rate

47%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 14th percentile

By knockout: 16 (47%)By decision: 18 (53%)
  • By knockout 47%
  • By decision 53%

The career, bout by bout

40 recorded bouts from 1952 to 1960. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

9y

1952–1960

Longest unbeaten run

8

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1952

7 bouts

Recorded bouts

40

40 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Tommy Jackson's record?
34–9–1 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 40 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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