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Bill Drover (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Joe Bugner (69-13-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Bill Drover vs Joe Bugner — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Drover

Tracked record

0–4–1

5 tracked bouts

HUNGARIAN BRITISH AUSTRALIAN

Joe Bugner

69–13–1

83 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

Series level 0–0

The Numbers

0-4-1
Record
69-13-1 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

10%
Win %
83.7% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
41 (edge)
KO rate
59.42%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
58%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3 (edge)
Times stopped
4

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
2.5
Bouts per year
2.6 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

5
Bouts tracked
83

Tale of the Tape

Reach
82″ (208 cm)
Age
76
Stance
Orthodox
Nationality
Hungarian British Australian

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bill Drover · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Joe Bugner · 69 wins

KO/TKO
40
Decision
27
Other
2

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 83 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Bill Drover

    LKO R2 · Dec 1971

    Ron Lyle

    Joe Bugner

    LSD · Mar 1977
  • Bill Drover

    LPTS · Apr 1971

    Jack Bodell

    Joe Bugner

    LPTS · Sep 1971

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Bill Drover

LLLLD

L4 streak · last fought Feb 19, 1973

Joe Bugner

WWWWW

W6 streak · last fought Jun 13, 1999

Common Questions

Have Bill Drover and Joe Bugner ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Drover and Joe Bugner met once on February 10, 1971, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, Bill Drover or Joe Bugner?
Bill Drover is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Bugner is 69-13-1. Joe Bugner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Bill Drover or Joe Bugner?
Bill Drover has 0 knockout wins and Joe Bugner has 41. Joe Bugner has more.
Do Bill Drover and Joe Bugner have any common opponents?
Bill Drover and Joe Bugner share 2 common opponents: Ron Lyle and Jack Bodell. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Drover and Joe Bugner?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Bill Drover and 83 bouts tracked for Joe Bugner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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