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Alfonso Ratliff vs Johnny Townsend — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Alfonso Ratliff

Johnny Townsend

Alfonso Ratliff (25-9) and Johnny Townsend (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) 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.

Ratliff

25

Wins18 KO · 72%

9

Losses

0

Draws34 tracked bouts

Townsend

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ratliff leads 1–0

Alfonso Ratliff and Johnny Townsend have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.

Alfonso Ratliff and Johnny Townsend have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.
Met1981Jan 15Series
Alfonso RatliffFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny TownsendFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Ratliff 4 · Townsend 1 of 5 measurable rows
RatliffTownsend
Record†
25-9 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
73.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 18
18 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
72%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.8
3.8 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
6

† 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
Alfonso Ratliff: 6′4″
Johnny Townsend: No height on file
Reachnot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 78″
Johnny Townsend: No reach on file
Agenot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 70
Johnny Townsend: No date of birth
Stance
Alfonso Ratliff: Orthodox
Johnny Townsend: Not recorded

Alfonso Ratliff left, Johnny Townsend right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alfonso Ratliff25 wins · from 34 tracked bouts

Alfonso Ratliff: 25 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (72%) and 7 on the cards (28%). Counted from 34 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 72%7 on the cards 28%

Johnny Townsend0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Townsend: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Townsend yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alfonso Ratliff 34, Johnny Townsend 6 — 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

Alfonso Ratliff last boxed on Jun 26, 1989 — 13,630 days ago. Ratliff had lost two straight, after two straight wins.LWWLL

Mason Feb 1988Bodzianowski May 1988Parkey Aug 1988Lampkin Nov 1988Murphy Jun 19893.8 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Townsend last boxed on Jan 15, 1981 — 16,714 days ago. Townsend had lost six straight.LLLLL

Camel Sep 1976Johnson Feb 1977Baldwin Dec 1977Sutherland Aug 1980Ratliff Jan 19811.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alfonso Ratliff and Johnny Townsend ever fought each other?
Yes. Alfonso Ratliff and Johnny Townsend met once on January 15, 1981, and Alfonso Ratliff won by UD.
The meeting

WJan 15, 1981 · Ratliff · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ratliff or Townsend?
Alfonso Ratliff is 25-9 and Johnny Townsend is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Alfonso Ratliff has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ratliff25–973.5%

Townsend0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ratliff or Townsend?
Alfonso Ratliff has 18 knockout wins and Johnny Townsend has 0. Alfonso Ratliff has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ratliff1872%

Townsend0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ratliff and Townsend have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Alfonso Ratliff and Johnny Townsend have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ratliff and Townsend?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Alfonso Ratliff and 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ratliff34bouts

Townsend6bouts

How They Win ↓

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