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Al Byrd vs Michael Dokes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Byrd

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Michael Dokes

Al Byrd (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Michael Dokes (53-6-2) 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.

Byrd

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Dokes

53

Wins33 KO · 62%

6

Losses

2

Draws61 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

Dokes leads 1–0

Al Byrd and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.

Al Byrd and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.
Met1976Oct 15Series
Al ByrdFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael DokesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR21Meeting

The Numbers

Byrd 1 · Dokes 5 of 6 measurable rows
ByrdDokes
Record†
0-253-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—64%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
0.6
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
2
61

† 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

Heightnot held
Al Byrd: No height on file
Michael Dokes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Al Byrd: No reach on file
Michael Dokes: 78″
Agenot held
Al Byrd: No date of birth
Michael Dokes: Died aged 54
Stance
Al Byrd: Not recorded
Michael Dokes: Orthodox

Al Byrd left, Michael Dokes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Byrd0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Al Byrd: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Byrd yet.

Michael Dokes53 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Michael Dokes: 53 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (64%), 18 on the cards (34%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 64%18 on the cards 34%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Byrd 2, Michael Dokes 61 — 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

Al Byrd last boxed on Oct 15, 1976 — 18,265 days ago. Byrd had lost two straight.LL

Johnson Sep 1973Dokes Oct 19760.6 tracked bouts per year

Michael Dokes has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Dokes last boxed on Oct 11, 1997.WWWLL

Slaughter Nov 1995Fiddler Jul 1996Davis Dec 1996Monaco Apr 1997Phillips Oct 19972.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Byrd and Michael Dokes ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Byrd and Michael Dokes met once on October 15, 1976, and Michael Dokes won by RTD in round 2.
The meeting

LOct 15, 1976 · Dokes · RTD R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Byrd or Dokes?
Al Byrd is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Michael Dokes is 53-6-2. Michael Dokes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Byrd0–20%

Dokes53–6–288.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Byrd or Dokes?
Al Byrd has 0 knockout wins and Michael Dokes has 33. Michael Dokes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Byrd0

Dokes3362.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Byrd and Dokes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Byrd and Michael Dokes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Byrd and Dokes?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Al Byrd and 61 bouts tracked for Michael Dokes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Byrd2bouts

Dokes61bouts

How They Win ↓

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