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Bert Whitehurst vs Dick Richardson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bert Whitehurst

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Dick Richardson

Bert Whitehurst (3-10 across 13 tracked bouts) and Dick Richardson (31-14-2) 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.

Whitehurst

Tracked record

3–10

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Richardson

31

Wins24 KO · 77%

14

Losses

2

Draws48 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

Richardson leads 1–0

Bert Whitehurst and Dick Richardson have met 1 time; Richardson leads 1–0.

Bert Whitehurst and Dick Richardson have met 1 time; Richardson leads 1–0.
Met1959Mar 10Series
Bert WhitehurstFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dick RichardsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Whitehurst 1 · Richardson 5 of 6 measurable rows
WhitehurstRichardson
Record†
3-1031-14-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
23.1%
68.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
1
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—77.42%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
33%
78% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.6
1.4
5.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
13
48

† 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
Bert Whitehurst: No height on file
Dick Richardson: 6′3″
Agenot held
Bert Whitehurst: No date of birth
Dick Richardson: Died aged 65
Stance
Bert Whitehurst: Not recorded
Dick Richardson: Orthodox

Bert Whitehurst left, Dick Richardson 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 Whitehurst3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Bert Whitehurst: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

Dick Richardson32 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Dick Richardson: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bert Whitehurst 13, Dick Richardson 48 — 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 Whitehurst last boxed on Jun 27, 1962 — 23,490 days ago. Whitehurst had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Richardson Mar 1959Hunsaker Sep 1959Bozzano Sep 1960Machen Apr 1962Foster Jun 19621.4 tracked bouts per year

Dick Richardson has lost two straight, after one straight win. Richardson last boxed on Mar 26, 1963.WLWLL

Kalbfell Feb 1961King Sep 1961Mildenberger Feb 1962Johansson Jun 1962Cooper Mar 19635.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bert Whitehurst and Dick Richardson ever fought each other?
Yes. Bert Whitehurst and Dick Richardson met once on March 10, 1959, and Dick Richardson won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 10, 1959 · Richardson · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Whitehurst or Richardson?
Bert Whitehurst is 3-10 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dick Richardson is 31-14-2. Dick Richardson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Whitehurst3–1023.1%

Richardson31–14–268.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Whitehurst or Richardson?
Bert Whitehurst has 1 knockout win and Dick Richardson has 24. Dick Richardson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Whitehurst1

Richardson2477.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Whitehurst and Richardson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bert Whitehurst and Dick Richardson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Whitehurst and Richardson?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Bert Whitehurst and 48 bouts tracked for Dick Richardson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Whitehurst13bouts

Richardson48bouts

How They Win ↓

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