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Bill Drover vs John Conteh — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Drover

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John Conteh

Bill Drover (0-7-1 across 8 tracked bouts) and John Conteh (34-4-1) 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.

Drover

Tracked record

0–7–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Conteh

34

Wins24 KO · 71%

4

Losses

1

Draw39 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

Conteh leads 1–0

Bill Drover and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.

Bill Drover and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.
Met1972Oct 31Series
Bill DroverFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John ContehFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Drover 0 · Conteh 6 of 6 measurable rows
DroverConteh
Record†
0-7-134-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
6.3%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.59%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.5
3.6
4.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
8
39

† 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
Bill Drover: No height on file
John Conteh: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Bill Drover: No reach on file
John Conteh: 76″
Agenot held
Bill Drover: No date of birth
John Conteh: 75
Stance
Bill Drover: Not recorded
John Conteh: Orthodox

Bill Drover left, John Conteh right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Drover0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Bill Drover: no tracked wins in the 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Drover yet.

John Conteh34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

John Conteh: 34 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (71%) and 10 on the cards (29%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 71%10 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Drover 8, John Conteh 39 — 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

Bill Drover last boxed on Apr 28, 1973 — 19,533 days ago. Drover had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Lyle Dec 1971Peralta Sep 1972Conteh Oct 1972Terrell Feb 1973Kirkman Apr 19733.6 tracked bouts per year

John Conteh last boxed on May 31, 1980 — 16,943 days ago. Conteh had won once since back-to-back losses to Matthew Saad Muhammad.DWLLW

Burnett Apr 1979Brown Jun 1979Muhammad Aug 1979Muhammad Mar 1980Dixon May 19804.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Drover and John Conteh ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Drover and John Conteh met once on October 31, 1972, and John Conteh won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

LOct 31, 1972 · Conteh · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Drover or Conteh?
Bill Drover is 0-7-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Conteh is 34-4-1. John Conteh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Drover0–7–16.3%

Conteh34–4–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Drover or Conteh?
Bill Drover has 0 knockout wins and John Conteh has 24. John Conteh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Drover0

Conteh2470.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Drover and Conteh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Drover and John Conteh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Drover and Conteh?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Bill Drover and 39 bouts tracked for John Conteh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Drover8bouts

Conteh39bouts

How They Win ↓

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