Have Barry Funches and John Tate ever fought each other?

Yes. Barry Funches and John Tate met once on October 15, 1981, and John Tate won by TKO in round 7.

Who has the better record, Funches or Tate?

Barry Funches is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Tate is 34-3. John Tate has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Funches or Tate?

Barry Funches has 1 knockout win and John Tate has 23. John Tate has more.

Do Funches and Tate have any common opponents?

Barry Funches and John Tate share 1 common opponent: Lou Esa. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Funches and Tate?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Barry Funches and 38 bouts tracked for John Tate. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Barry Funches vs John Tate — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Barry Funches

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John Tate

Barry Funches (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and John Tate (34-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Funches

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tate

Wins23 KO · 68%

Losses

Draws38 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

Tate leads 1–0

Barry Funches and John Tate have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.
Met	1981Oct 15	Series
Barry FunchesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
John TateFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR7Tate vs Funches	1Meeting

Tate vs Funches · Oct 15, 1981

The Numbers

Funches 1 · Tate 5 of 6 measurable rows

FunchesEdge = longer wingTate

Record^†: 1-434-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
91.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23: 1
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —67.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 3: 3
3
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.2: 1.6
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38: 5
38

† 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 Funches: No height on file; John Tate: 6′4″
Reachnot held: Barry Funches: No reach on file; John Tate: 80″
Agenot held: Barry Funches: No date of birth; John Tate: Died aged 43
Stance: Barry Funches: Not recorded; John Tate: Orthodox

Barry Funches left, John Tate 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 Funches1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

John Tate34 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

23 by KO/TKO 68%10 on the cards 29%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barry Funches 5, John Tate 38 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

FunchesBarry Funches

Opponent

TateJohn Tate

Barry Funches
Win, KO
1980Apr 1980
EsaLou EsaUnited States 19–6–1EvenEven — 1–0 both
John Tate
Win, KO 3
1977Oct 1977

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barry Funches last boxed on May 31, 1983 — 15,847 days ago. Funches had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Esa Apr 1980Ocasio Oct 1980Tate Oct 1981Williams Jun 1982Bruno May 19831.6 tracked bouts per year

John Tate has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Tate last boxed on Jun 10, 1994.WWWLL

Jones Nov 1987Green Dec 1987Smith Jan 1988Quarless Mar 1988Pearce Jun 19942.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Barry Funches and John Tate ever fought each other?: Yes. Barry Funches and John Tate met once on October 15, 1981, and John Tate won by TKO in round 7.
Who has the better record, Funches or Tate?: Barry Funches is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Tate is 34-3. John Tate has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Funches or Tate?: Barry Funches has 1 knockout win and John Tate has 23. John Tate has more.
Do Funches and Tate have any common opponents?: Barry Funches and John Tate share 1 common opponent: Lou Esa. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Funches and Tate?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Barry Funches and 38 bouts tracked for John Tate. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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