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Alfonso Ratliff vs Vernon Johnston — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Alfonso Ratliff

Vernon Johnston

Alfonso Ratliff (25-9) and Vernon Johnston (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Johnston

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Vernon Johnston have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.

Alfonso Ratliff and Vernon Johnston have met 1 time; Ratliff leads 1–0.
Met1981Oct 3Series
Alfonso RatliffFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vernon JohnstonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Ratliff 4 · Johnston 1 of 5 measurable rows
RatliffJohnston
Record†
25-9 (edge)0-1
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 reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 34
34
1

† 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″
Vernon Johnston: No height on file
Reachnot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 78″
Vernon Johnston: No reach on file
Agenot held
Alfonso Ratliff: 70
Vernon Johnston: No date of birth
Stance
Alfonso Ratliff: Orthodox
Vernon Johnston: Not recorded

Alfonso Ratliff left, Vernon Johnston 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%

Vernon Johnston0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Vernon Johnston: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnston yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alfonso Ratliff 34, Vernon Johnston 1 — 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 — 13,633 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

Vernon Johnston last boxed on Oct 3, 1981 — 16,456 days ago. Johnston had lost the most recent, to Alfonso Ratliff.L

Ratliff Oct 1981

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alfonso Ratliff and Vernon Johnston ever fought each other?
Yes. Alfonso Ratliff and Vernon Johnston met once on October 3, 1981, and Alfonso Ratliff won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WOct 3, 1981 · Ratliff · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ratliff or Johnston?
Alfonso Ratliff is 25-9 and Vernon Johnston is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Johnston0–10%

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

Ratliff1872%

Johnston0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ratliff and Johnston have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Alfonso Ratliff and Vernon Johnston have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ratliff and Johnston?
This comparison is drawn from 34 bouts tracked for Alfonso Ratliff and 1 bout tracked for Vernon Johnston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ratliff34bouts

Johnston1bout

How They Win ↓

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