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Benny O'Dell vs Joe Knight — record, stats and common opponents compared

Benny O'Dell

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Joe Knight

Benny O'Dell (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Joe Knight (125-19-18) 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.

O'Dell

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 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

Knight leads 1–0

Benny O'Dell and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.

Benny O'Dell and Joe Knight have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.
Met1935Jul 29Series
Benny O'DellFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe KnightFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

O'Dell 0 · Knight 6 of 6 measurable rows
O'DellKnight
Record†
0-2125-19-18 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 66
0
66 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.8%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 15.6
1
15.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
2
164

† 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
Benny O'Dell: No height on file
Joe Knight: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Benny O'Dell: No reach on file
Joe Knight: 74″
Agenot held
Benny O'Dell: No date of birth
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Stance
Benny O'Dell: Not recorded
Joe Knight: Southpaw

Benny O'Dell left, Joe Knight right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny O'Dell0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Benny O'Dell: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for O'Dell yet.

Joe Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny O'Dell 2, Joe Knight 164 — 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

Benny O'Dell last boxed on Jul 29, 1935 — 33,322 days ago. O'Dell had lost two straight.LL

Stribling Aug 1933Knight Jul 19351 tracked bouts per year

Joe Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny O'Dell and Joe Knight ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny O'Dell and Joe Knight met once on July 29, 1935, and Joe Knight won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LJul 29, 1935 · Knight · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, O'Dell or Knight?
Benny O'Dell is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Knight is 125-19-18. Joe Knight has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

O'Dell0–20%

Knight125–19–1882.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, O'Dell or Knight?
Benny O'Dell has 0 knockout wins and Joe Knight has 66. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

O'Dell0

Knight6652.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do O'Dell and Knight have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny O'Dell and Joe Knight have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Dell and Knight?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Benny O'Dell and 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

O'Dell2bouts

Knight164bouts

How They Win ↓

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