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Bert Linam vs Johnny Saxton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bert Linam

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Johnny Saxton

Bert Linam (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Johnny Saxton (55-9-2) 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.

Linam

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Saxton

55

Wins21 KO · 38%

9

Losses

2

Draws66 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

Saxton leads 1–0

Bert Linam and Johnny Saxton have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.

Bert Linam and Johnny Saxton have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.
Met1950May 17Series
Bert LinamFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny SaxtonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Linam 1 · Saxton 6 of 7 measurable rows
LinamSaxton
Record†
1-155-9-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
84.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—38.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
38% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.9
0.8
6.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
2
66

† 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

Agenot held
Bert Linam: No date of birth
Johnny Saxton: Died aged 78
Stance
Bert Linam: Not recorded
Johnny Saxton: Orthodox

Bert Linam left, Johnny Saxton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bert Linam1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bert Linam: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Johnny Saxton55 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Saxton: 55 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (38%), 33 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bert Linam 2, Johnny Saxton 66 — 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

Bert Linam last boxed on May 17, 1950 — 27,920 days ago. Linam had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Johnny Saxton.WL

Azteca Sep 1947Saxton May 19500.8 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Saxton has lost two straight, after one straight win. Saxton last boxed on Dec 15, 1958.LLWLL

Basilio Feb 1957Miceli Sep 1957Allison Oct 1958Moyer Oct 1958Greene Dec 19586.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bert Linam and Johnny Saxton ever fought each other?
Yes. Bert Linam and Johnny Saxton met once on May 17, 1950, and Johnny Saxton won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 17, 1950 · Saxton · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Linam or Saxton?
Bert Linam is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2. Johnny Saxton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Linam1–150%

Saxton55–9–284.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Linam or Saxton?
Bert Linam has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Saxton has 21. Johnny Saxton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Linam0

Saxton2138.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Linam and Saxton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bert Linam and Johnny Saxton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Linam and Saxton?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bert Linam and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Linam2bouts

Saxton66bouts

How They Win ↓

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