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Barry Forbes vs Michael Dokes — record, stats and common opponents compared

Barry Forbes

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Michael Dokes

Barry Forbes (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Michael Dokes (53-6-2) 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.

Forbes

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Dokes

53

Wins33 KO · 62%

6

Losses

2

Draws61 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

Dokes leads 1–0

Barry Forbes and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.

Barry Forbes and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.
Met1992Oct 27Series
Barry ForbesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael DokesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Forbes 1 · Dokes 4 of 5 measurable rows
ForbesDokes
Record†
0-153-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—64%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
1
61

† 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
Barry Forbes: No height on file
Michael Dokes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Barry Forbes: No reach on file
Michael Dokes: 78″
Agenot held
Barry Forbes: No date of birth
Michael Dokes: Died aged 54
Stance
Barry Forbes: Not recorded
Michael Dokes: Orthodox

Barry Forbes left, Michael Dokes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Barry Forbes0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Barry Forbes: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Forbes yet.

Michael Dokes53 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Michael Dokes: 53 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (64%), 18 on the cards (34%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 64%18 on the cards 34%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barry Forbes 1, Michael Dokes 61 — 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

Barry Forbes last boxed on Oct 27, 1992 — 12,409 days ago. Forbes had lost the most recent, to Michael Dokes.L

Dokes Oct 1992

Michael Dokes has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Dokes last boxed on Oct 11, 1997.WWWLL

Slaughter Nov 1995Fiddler Jul 1996Davis Dec 1996Monaco Apr 1997Phillips Oct 19972.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barry Forbes and Michael Dokes ever fought each other?
Yes. Barry Forbes and Michael Dokes met once on October 27, 1992, and Michael Dokes won by UD.
The meeting

LOct 27, 1992 · Dokes · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Forbes or Dokes?
Barry Forbes is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Michael Dokes is 53-6-2. Michael Dokes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Forbes0–10%

Dokes53–6–288.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Forbes or Dokes?
Barry Forbes has 0 knockout wins and Michael Dokes has 33. Michael Dokes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Forbes0

Dokes3362.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Forbes and Dokes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Barry Forbes and Michael Dokes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Forbes and Dokes?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Barry Forbes and 61 bouts tracked for Michael Dokes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Forbes1bout

Dokes61bouts

How They Win ↓

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