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Arturo Gatti vs Joe Lafontant — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Arturo Gatti

Joe Lafontant

Arturo Gatti (40-9) and Joe Lafontant (0-4 across 4 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.

Gatti

40

Wins31 KO · 78%

9

Losses

0

Draws49 tracked bouts

Lafontant

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Gatti leads 1–0

Arturo Gatti and Joe Lafontant have met 1 time; Gatti leads 1–0.

Arturo Gatti and Joe Lafontant have met 1 time; Gatti leads 1–0.
Met1992May 15Series
Arturo GattiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe LafontantFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gatti 5 · Lafontant 1 of 6 measurable rows
GattiLafontant
Record†
40-9 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
81.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
77.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3
3 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
49
4

† 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
Arturo Gatti: 5′8″
Joe Lafontant: No height on file
Reachnot held
Arturo Gatti: 68″
Joe Lafontant: No reach on file
Agenot held
Arturo Gatti: Died aged 37
Joe Lafontant: No date of birth
Stance
Arturo Gatti: Orthodox
Joe Lafontant: Not recorded

Arturo Gatti left, Joe Lafontant right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Arturo Gatti40 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Arturo Gatti: 40 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (78%) and 9 on the cards (23%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 78%9 on the cards 23%

Joe Lafontant0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Joe Lafontant: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lafontant yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arturo Gatti 49, Joe Lafontant 4 — 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

Arturo Gatti has lost two straight, after one straight win. Gatti last boxed on Jul 14, 2007.WLWLL

Leija Jan 2005Mayweather Jun 2005Damgaard Jan 2006Baldomir Jul 2006Gómez Jul 20073 tracked bouts per year

Joe Lafontant last boxed on Jun 13, 1997 — 10,727 days ago. Lafontant had lost four straight.LLLL

Gatti May 1992Toledo Apr 1993Spadafora Mar 1997Toledo Jun 19970.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arturo Gatti and Joe Lafontant ever fought each other?
Yes. Arturo Gatti and Joe Lafontant met once on May 15, 1992, and Arturo Gatti won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 15, 1992 · Gatti · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gatti or Lafontant?
Arturo Gatti is 40-9 and Joe Lafontant is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Arturo Gatti has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gatti40–981.6%

Lafontant0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gatti or Lafontant?
Arturo Gatti has 31 knockout wins and Joe Lafontant has 0. Arturo Gatti has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gatti3177.5%

Lafontant0

The Numbers ↓
Do Gatti and Lafontant have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Arturo Gatti and Joe Lafontant have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gatti and Lafontant?
This comparison is drawn from 49 bouts tracked for Arturo Gatti and 4 bouts tracked for Joe Lafontant. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gatti49bouts

Lafontant4bouts

How They Win ↓

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