Jack Thompson
BORN Denver, Colorado (Fought out of St. Joseph, Missouri) HEIGHT 6-0 WEIGHT 207 lbs
Thompson was a quick, strong heavyweight who carried a stiff punch; He often sparred with the top fighters of his day
During his career, he defeated such men as Joe Jeannette, Jeff Clark, Alfred "Soldier" Kearns, Jack Taylor, Cleve Hawkins, Tom Cowler, Sam Langford, "Rough House" Ware, John Lester Johnson, George Godfrey, Clem Johnson, "Big" Bill Tate and "Battling" Jim Johnson1913 Feb 2 Joe Jeannette W 1913-1915 Jan Al Kaufmann ND 6 1915 Jul 16 Sam Langford Denver, Co LK 1 Nov 25 "Battling" Jim Johnson Kansas City, Mo D 10 1916 Apr 13 Jeff Clark Tulsa, Ok KO 10 Apr 15 Sam McVea St. Louis, Mo ND 10 -Some sources report "ND 8"; Some sources report 4/14/16; Some sources report 4/19/16 Nov 18 Harry Wills New York, NY LK 9 Dec 26 Harry Wills Brooklyn, NY LT 4 -Some sources report "ND 10" on 12/28/16 1917 Jan 26 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns Brooklyn, NY KO 4 Apr 10 Sam Langford Brooklyn, NY ND 10 Apr 30 Harry Wills Brooklyn, NY ND 10 1918 Jan 29 George Christian Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Feb 11 Jack Taylor Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Feb 25 Andrew "Thunderbolt" Johnson Philadelphia, Pa TK 2 Mar 11 Cleve Hawkins Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Mar 25 Kid Norfolk Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Apr 15 Joe Jeannette Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Apr 29 "Big" Bill Tate Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 -Some sources report 4/30/18 May 24 Oscar Anderson Philadelphia, Pa KO 2 May 27 Joe Boykin Philadelphia, Pa TK 4 Aug 6 Sam Langford Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Sep 14 Harry Wills Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 15 Harry Wills Atlantic City, NJ ND 8 Nov 28 Jamaica Kid Philadelphia, Pa KO 5 Dec 23 Jeff Clark Boston, Ma TK 6 1919 Jan 1 Jeff Clark Philadelphia, Pa TK 6 -Some sources report "LF 6"; Some sources report "NC 6" Apr 9 Jeff Clark Oakland, Ca W 4 Apr 22 Jeff Clark San Francisco, Ca W 4 Jul 9 Willie Meehan Oakland, Ca L 4 -Some sources report San Francisco, Ca"; Some sources report "ND 4" Aug 4 Sam Langford Tulsa, Ok D 15 Oct 7 Tom Cowler Oakland, Ca W 4 -Some sources report "ND 4" on Jul 1919 in "San Francisco, Ca" Oct 20 Sam Langford Tulsa, Ok D 15 Nov 24 Sam Langford Duluth, Mn LT 6 -Some sources report "L 6" 1920 Jan 1 Harry Wills San Francisco, Ca NC 3 -Some sources report "L 4" Jan 12 Harry Wills Tulsa, Ok L 15 Apr 11 Pinkey Lewis Tulsa, Ok W 10 Apr 5 Sam Langford Muskogee, Ok L 15 -Some sources report 4/15/20 Apr 21 Fred Fulton Milwaukie, Or LT 6 -Some sources report "Portland, Or" Nov 9 Pinkey Lewis Tulsa, Ok D 12 Nov 15 Sam Langford Memphis, Tn W 8 1921 Feb 3 Sam Langford D 10 Feb 15 George Godfrey St. Louis, Mo KO 4 -Some sources report 2/18/21 Mar 11 Clem Johnson St. Louis, Mo W 8 Mar 15 Sam McVea Detroit, Mi NC 6 Apr 7 Harry Wills St. Louis, Mo ND 8 -Some sources report "L 8" on 4/08/21 May 20 Ed "Bearcat" Wright Omaha, Ne D 10 Jun 21 "Big" Bill Tate New Orleans, La W 15 Sep 19 Brad Simmons Drumright, Ok LK 1 Nov 25 Harry Wills Denver, Co NC 5 -Some sources report 11/20/21; Some sources report 11/30/21 1922 Mar 26 Al Spaulding Juarez, Mex W 12 Jun 21 "Big" Bill Tate New Orleans, La W 15 Aug 8 Clem Johnson Jersey City, NJ W 12 Sep 4 Jack Dempsey Michigan City, In EX 2 Oct 7 Jack Dempsey Boston, Ma EX 3 Dec 5 George Godfrey New York, NY LT 5 1923 May 20 Jack Johnson Havana, Cu L 12 -Some sources report "ND 15" Nov 5 Harry Wills Newark, NJ LT 4 Dec 13 "Battling" Jim McCreary Lowell, Ma LT 6 1924 Jun 23 George Godfrey Philadelphia, Pa LT 3 1925 Jan 24 Buddy Tobin New York, NY TK 1 Feb 6 Butch Carr Toledo, Oh LK 4 Oct 29 Neil Clisby San Bernardino, Ca L 10 1926 Joe Sekyra LK 2 Jul 12 Leo Gates Gary, In LK 2 *** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed *** Undated (1913-1915) Rufe Cameron KO 4 Oscar Mortimer KO 3 Jack Withers KO 1 Bob Watkins KO 1 Ralph Calloway KO 3 Battling Beatty KO 2 Jack Wilson KO 8 "Fireman" Jim Flynn ND 6 the "Black Prince" KO 4 Jack White KO 3 Kid Mitchell KO 8 Kid Keys KO 2 Billy Oregon KO 2 Thunderbolt Smith KO 6 Thunderbolt Smith KO 5 Smokey White KO 2 Bill Pettus KO 2 Pete Childs KO 3 Burrill Smith KO 3 Undated (1915-1916) Harrison Peters KO 1 Kid Sheehan KO 4 Clarence Hicks KO 1 Al Thomas KO 2 Undated (1913-1918) "Battling" Jim Johnson KO Undated (1913-1919) Joe Jeannette W 20 Undated (1913-1921) "Rough House" Ware Tulsa, Ok KO 9 John Lester Johnson KO 3 Undated (1919-1920) Ed "Bearcat" Wright Omaha, Ne L 10 -This bout was likely fought during 1920, the year Wright was discharged from the Navy and moved to Omaha, Ne Undated (1922-1923) Brad Simmons L 10 *** Some Data Provided By Sergei Yurchenko ***
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis and Tim Leone, Historians,
International Boxing Research Organization
