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Battling Shaw vs Kenneth Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Kenneth Johnson

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Kenneth Johnson (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.

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 tracked bouts

Johnson

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

Shaw leads 1–0

Battling Shaw and Kenneth Johnson have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Kenneth Johnson have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1930Nov 21Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kenneth JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR11Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 3 · Johnson 1 of 4 measurable rows
ShawJohnson
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
12.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
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
Battling Shaw: 5′7″
Kenneth Johnson: No height on file
Agenot held
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Kenneth Johnson: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Shaw: Orthodox
Kenneth Johnson: Not recorded

Battling Shaw left, Kenneth Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Battling Shaw79 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Battling Shaw: 79 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (41%), 35 on the cards (44%) and 12 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 41%35 on the cards 44%12 by another method or unrecorded 15%

Kenneth Johnson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Kenneth Johnson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Kenneth Johnson 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

Battling Shaw has lost seven straight. Shaw last boxed on Oct 1, 1936.LLLLL

Snipes Sep 1934Mexico Jul 1935Mack Nov 1935Saldana Apr 1936Velasco Oct 193612.8 tracked bouts per year

Kenneth Johnson last boxed on Nov 21, 1930 — 35,040 days ago. Johnson had lost the most recent, to Battling Shaw.L

Shaw Nov 1930

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Kenneth Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Kenneth Johnson met once on November 21, 1930, and Battling Shaw won by DQ in round 1.
The meeting

WNov 21, 1930 · Shaw · DQ R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Johnson?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Kenneth Johnson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw79–29–971.4%

Johnson0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Johnson?
Battling Shaw has 32 knockout wins and Kenneth Johnson has 0. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw3240.5%

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Johnson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Kenneth Johnson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 1 bout tracked for Kenneth Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Johnson1bout

How They Win ↓

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