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Billy Hardy vs Naseem Hamed — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧BANTAMWEIGHT, FEATHERWEIGHT

Billy Hardy

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Naseem Hamed

Billy Hardy (37-9-2) and Naseem Hamed (36-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hardy

37

Wins17 KO · 46%

9

Losses

2

Draws7 tracked bouts

Hamed

36

Wins31 KO · 86%

1

Loss

0

Draws37 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Hamed leads 1–0

Billy Hardy and Naseem Hamed have met 1 time; Hamed leads 1–0.

Billy Hardy and Naseem Hamed have met 1 time; Hamed leads 1–0.
Met1997May 3Series
Billy HardyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Naseem HamedFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Hardy 0 · Hamed 8 of 8 measurable rows
HardyHamed
Record
37-9-236-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
79.2%
97.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
17
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
45.95%
86.11% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
86% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
0.5
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
7
37

† 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
Billy Hardy: No height on file
Naseem Hamed: 5′4″
Reachnot held
Billy Hardy: No reach on file
Naseem Hamed: 63″
Age10 yrs apart
Billy Hardy: 62
Naseem Hamed: 52
Stance
Billy Hardy: Not recorded
Naseem Hamed: Southpaw

Billy Hardy left, Naseem Hamed right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Hardy1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Billy Hardy: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Naseem Hamed36 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Naseem Hamed: 36 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (86%) and 5 on the cards (14%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 86%5 on the cards 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Hardy 7, Naseem Hamed 37 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Hamed better on 1

Hardy

Opponent

Hamed

  • Billy Hardy

    Loss, TKO 8

    1998

    IngleHamed better

    Naseem Hamed

    Win, TKO 11

    1999

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

Billy Hardy last boxed on Sep 26, 1998 — 10,252 days ago. Hardy had lost two straight, after one straight win.LDWLL

Canizales May 1991Benichou Mar 1995Zoff Jun 1996Hamed May 1997Ingle Sep 19980.5 tracked bouts per year

Naseem Hamed last boxed on May 18, 2002 — 8,922 days ago. Hamed had won once since losing a decision to Marco Antonio Barrera.WWWLW

Soto Oct 1999Bungu Mar 2000Sanchez Aug 2000Barrera Apr 2001Calvo May 20023.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Hardy and Naseem Hamed ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Hardy and Naseem Hamed met once on May 3, 1997, and Naseem Hamed won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 3, 1997 · Hamed · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hardy or Hamed?
Billy Hardy is 37-9-2 and Naseem Hamed is 36-1. Naseem Hamed has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Hardy37–9–279.2%

Hamed36–197.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hardy or Hamed?
Billy Hardy has 17 knockout wins and Naseem Hamed has 31. Naseem Hamed has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hardy1746%

Hamed3186.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hardy and Hamed have any common opponents?
Billy Hardy and Naseem Hamed share 1 common opponent: Paul Ingle. Naseem Hamed fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Paul IngleLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hardy and Hamed?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Billy Hardy and 37 bouts tracked for Naseem Hamed. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hardy7bouts

Hamed37bouts

How They Win ↓

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