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Al Ford vs Bruce Strauss — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇦LIGHTWEIGHT

Al Ford

Cross-division

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Bruce Strauss

Al Ford (55-19) and Bruce Strauss (77-53-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Ford

55

Wins19 KO · 35%

19

Losses

0

Draws74 tracked bouts

Strauss

77

Wins55 KO · 71%

53

Losses

5

Draws136 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ford leads 1–0

Al Ford and Bruce Strauss have met 1 time; Ford leads 1–0.

Al Ford and Bruce Strauss have met 1 time; Ford leads 1–0.
Met1982Feb 12Series
Al FordFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Bruce StraussFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Ford 3 · Strauss 4 of 7 measurable rows
FordStrauss
Record
55-19 (edge)77-53-5
Win %0–100%
74.3% (edge)
58.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 55
19
55 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
34.55%
71.43% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
35%
71% (edge)
Times stopped†max 28
4 (edge)
28
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 10.2
5
10.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
74
136

† 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

Reachnot held
Al Ford: 63″
Bruce Strauss: No reach on file
Age2 yrs apart
Al Ford: 76
Bruce Strauss: 74
Stance
Al Ford: Orthodox
Bruce Strauss: Orthodox

Al Ford left, Bruce Strauss right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Lightweight against Middleweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Ford55 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

Al Ford: 55 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (35%) and 36 on the cards (65%). Counted from 74 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 35%36 on the cards 65%

Bruce Strauss77 wins · from 136 tracked bouts

Bruce Strauss: 77 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (71%) and 22 on the cards (29%). Counted from 136 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 71%22 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Ford 74, Bruce Strauss 136 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Strauss better on 1 · even on 1

Ford

Opponent

Strauss

  • Al Ford

    Win, PTS

    1975

    JacksonEven

    Bruce Strauss

    Win, SD

    1981

  • Al Ford

    0–3 against

    Loss, UD

    1979

    Loss, SD

    1978

    Loss, SD

    1977

    RacineStrauss better

    Bruce Strauss

    Loss, KO

    1980

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Ford last boxed on Jun 17, 1982 — 16,195 days ago. Ford had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Furlano Apr 1981Strauss Feb 1982Lira Mar 1982Gambini Apr 1982Olajide Jun 19825 tracked bouts per year

Bruce Strauss last boxed on Oct 24, 1989 — 13,509 days ago. Strauss had won three straight since losses to Wayne Grant and Harry Arroyo.LLWWW

Grant Aug 1988Arroyo Jan 1989Stern Mar 1989Reynolds May 1989Jesmer Oct 198910.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Ford and Bruce Strauss ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Ford and Bruce Strauss met once on February 12, 1982, and Al Ford won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 12, 1982 · Ford · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ford or Strauss?
Al Ford is 55-19 and Bruce Strauss is 77-53-5. Al Ford has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Ford55–1974.3%

Strauss77–53–558.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ford or Strauss?
Al Ford has 19 knockout wins and Bruce Strauss has 55. Bruce Strauss has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ford1934.6%

Strauss5571.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ford and Strauss have any common opponents?
Al Ford and Bruce Strauss share 2 common opponents: Jo Jo Jackson and Ralph Racine. Bruce Strauss fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Jo Jo JacksonWW

Ralph RacineLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ford and Strauss?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Al Ford and 136 bouts tracked for Bruce Strauss. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ford74bouts

Strauss136bouts

How They Win ↓

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