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Billy Joe Saunders vs Martin Murray — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Joe Saunders

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Martin Murray

Billy Joe Saunders (30-1) and Martin Murray (39-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Saunders

30

Wins14 KO · 47%

1

Loss

0

Draws31 tracked bouts

Murray

39

Wins17 KO · 44%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Saunders leads 1–0

Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray have met 1 time; Saunders leads 1–0.

Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray have met 1 time; Saunders leads 1–0.
Met2020Dec 4Series
Billy Joe SaundersFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Martin MurrayFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Saunders 5 · Murray 2 of 7 measurable rows
SaundersMurray
Record
30-1 (edge)39-6-1
Win %0–100%
96.8% (edge)
85.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
14
17 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
46.67% (edge)
43.59%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47% (edge)
44%
Times stopped†levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.5
2.5
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
31
46

† 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

Height+1″
Billy Joe Saunders: 5′11″ (edge)
Martin Murray: 5′10″
Reach+2″
Billy Joe Saunders: 71″
Martin Murray: 73″ (edge)
Age7 yrs apart
Billy Joe Saunders: 37
Martin Murray: 44
Stance
Billy Joe Saunders: Southpaw
Martin Murray: Orthodox

Billy Joe Saunders left, Martin Murray 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 Joe Saunders30 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

Billy Joe Saunders: 30 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (47%) and 16 on the cards (53%). Counted from 31 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 47%16 on the cards 53%

Martin Murray39 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Martin Murray: 39 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (44%), 21 on the cards (54%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 44%21 on the cards 54%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Joe Saunders 31, Martin Murray 46 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 2

Saunders

Opponent

Murray

  • Billy Joe Saunders

    Win, UD

    2012

    BlackwellEven

    Martin Murray

    Win, RTD 5

    2011

  • Billy Joe Saunders

    Win, PTS

    2009

    NobleEven

    Martin Murray

    Win, RTD 3

    2010

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 Joe Saunders last boxed on May 8, 2021 — 1,991 days ago. Saunders had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Canelo Álvarez.WWWWL

Adamu Dec 2018Isufi May 2019Cóceres Nov 2019Murray Dec 2020Álvarez May 20212.5 tracked bouts per year

Martin Murray last boxed on Dec 4, 2020 — 2,146 days ago. Murray had won two in a row before losing a decision to Billy Joe Saunders.WLWWL

García Jun 2018N'Jikam Dec 2018Pavanito Jul 2019Janjanin Nov 2019Saunders Dec 20203.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray met once on December 4, 2020, and Billy Joe Saunders won by UD.
The meeting

WDec 4, 2020 · Saunders · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Saunders or Murray?
Billy Joe Saunders is 30-1 and Martin Murray is 39-6-1. Billy Joe Saunders has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Saunders30–196.8%

Murray39–6–185.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Saunders or Murray?
Billy Joe Saunders has 14 knockout wins and Martin Murray has 17. Martin Murray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Saunders1446.7%

Murray1743.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Saunders and Murray have any common opponents?
Billy Joe Saunders and Martin Murray share 2 common opponents: Nick Blackwell and Lee Noble. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Nick BlackwellWW

Lee NobleWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Saunders or Murray?
Billy Joe Saunders is the taller fighter at 180 cm, 1 cm above the other. Martin Murray also has the longer reach, by 5 cm.
Height · reach

Saunders180 cm180 cm reach

Murray179 cm185 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saunders and Murray?
This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Billy Joe Saunders and 46 bouts tracked for Martin Murray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Saunders31bouts

Murray46bouts

How They Win ↓

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