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Bethany Payne vs Christy Martin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bethany Payne

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Christy Martin

Bethany Payne (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Christy Martin (49-7-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Payne

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Martin

49

Wins32 KO · 65%

7

Losses

3

Draws59 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

Martin leads 1–0

Bethany Payne and Christy Martin have met 1 time; Martin leads 1–0.

Bethany Payne and Christy Martin have met 1 time; Martin leads 1–0.
Met1996Nov 9Series
Bethany PayneFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Christy MartinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Payne 0 · Martin 6 of 6 measurable rows
PayneMartin
Record†
0-549-7-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65.31%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—65%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.5
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
5
59

† 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
Bethany Payne: No height on file
Christy Martin: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Bethany Payne: No reach on file
Christy Martin: 64″
Agenot held
Bethany Payne: No date of birth
Christy Martin: 58
Stance
Bethany Payne: Not recorded
Christy Martin: Orthodox

Bethany Payne left, Christy Martin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bethany Payne0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Bethany Payne: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Payne yet.

Christy Martin49 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Christy Martin: 49 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (65%) and 17 on the cards (35%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 65%17 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bethany Payne 5, Christy Martin 59 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Martin better on 1

Payne

Opponent

Martin

  • Bethany Payne

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO

    1998

    Loss, PTS

    1997

    GirgrahMartin better

    Christy Martin

    Win, UD

    1997

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

Bethany Payne last boxed on Nov 20, 1998 — 10,199 days ago. Payne had lost five straight.LLLLL

Martin Nov 1996Girgrah Jan 1997Hallback Sep 1997Byrd Oct 1997Girgrah Nov 19982.5 tracked bouts per year

Christy Martin last boxed on Aug 14, 2012 — 5,183 days ago. Martin had lost two straight, after two straight wins.DWWLL

Mahfood Jul 2008Harris Aug 2009Stone Sep 2009Stone Jun 2011John Aug 20122.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bethany Payne and Christy Martin ever fought each other?
Yes. Bethany Payne and Christy Martin met once on November 9, 1996, and Christy Martin won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 9, 1996 · Martin · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Payne or Martin?
Bethany Payne is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Christy Martin is 49-7-3. Christy Martin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Payne0–50%

Martin49–7–385.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Payne or Martin?
Bethany Payne has 0 knockout wins and Christy Martin has 32. Christy Martin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Payne0

Martin3265.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Payne and Martin have any common opponents?
Bethany Payne and Christy Martin share 1 common opponent: Isra Girgrah. Christy Martin fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Isra GirgrahLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Payne and Martin?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Bethany Payne and 59 bouts tracked for Christy Martin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Payne5bouts

Martin59bouts

How They Win ↓

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