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Alan Temple vs Ricky Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alan Temple

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Ricky Burns

Alan Temple (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Ricky Burns (45-8-1) 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.

Temple

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burns

45

Wins17 KO · 38%

8

Losses

1

Draw55 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

Burns leads 1–0

Alan Temple and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.

Alan Temple and Ricky Burns have met 1 time; Burns leads 1–0.
Met2005Jul 23Series
Alan TempleFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ricky BurnsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Temple 0 · Burns 6 of 6 measurable rows
TempleBurns
Record†
0-545-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—37.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.5
0.8
2.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 55
5
55

† 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
Alan Temple: No height on file
Ricky Burns: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Alan Temple: No reach on file
Ricky Burns: 70″
Agenot held
Alan Temple: No date of birth
Ricky Burns: 43
Stance
Alan Temple: Not recorded
Ricky Burns: Orthodox

Alan Temple left, Ricky Burns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alan Temple0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Alan Temple: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Temple yet.

Ricky Burns45 wins · from 55 tracked bouts

Ricky Burns: 45 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (38%) and 28 on the cards (62%). Counted from 55 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 38%28 on the cards 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alan Temple 5, Ricky Burns 55 — 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

Alan Temple last boxed on Feb 17, 2006 — 7,548 days ago. Temple had lost five straight.LLLLL

M'baye Nov 1999Thaxton Mar 2001Witter Oct 2001Burns Jul 2005Thaxton Feb 20060.8 tracked bouts per year

Ricky Burns last boxed on Sep 1, 2023 — 1,143 days ago. Burns had won two straight since losing a decision to Lee Selby.WWLWW

Njegac Jun 2018Cardle Nov 2018Selby Oct 2019Dominguez Dec 2021Limond Sep 20232.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alan Temple and Ricky Burns ever fought each other?
Yes. Alan Temple and Ricky Burns met once on July 23, 2005, and Ricky Burns won by PTS.
The meeting

LJul 23, 2005 · Burns · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Temple or Burns?
Alan Temple is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ricky Burns is 45-8-1. Ricky Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Temple0–50%

Burns45–8–184.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Temple or Burns?
Alan Temple has 0 knockout wins and Ricky Burns has 17. Ricky Burns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Temple0

Burns1737.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Temple and Burns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Alan Temple and Ricky Burns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Temple and Burns?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Alan Temple and 55 bouts tracked for Ricky Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Temple5bouts

Burns55bouts

How They Win ↓

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