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Bob Armstrong vs Joe Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bob Armstrong

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Joe Butler

Bob Armstrong (18-11-7) and Joe Butler (2-7 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Armstrong

18

Wins15 KO · 83%

11

Losses

7

Draws37 tracked bouts

Butler

Tracked record

2–7

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Armstrong leads 2–0

Bob Armstrong and Joe Butler have met 2 times; Armstrong leads 2–0.

Bob Armstrong and Joe Butler have met 2 times; Armstrong leads 2–0.
Met1897Mar 61898May 27Series
Bob ArmstrongFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Joe ButlerFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultTKOR6KOR22Meetings

The Numbers

Armstrong 5 · Butler 0 of 5 measurable rows
ArmstrongButler
Record†
18-11-7 (edge)2-7
Win %0–100%
59.7% (edge)
22.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
83.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
83% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
10

† 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

Agenot comparable
Bob Armstrong: Died aged 59
Joe Butler: Died aged 76
Stance
Bob Armstrong: Orthodox
Joe Butler: Not recorded

Bob Armstrong left, Joe Butler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Armstrong18 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Bob Armstrong: 18 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (83%), 2 on the cards (11%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 83%2 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Joe Butler2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Joe Butler: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Armstrong 37, Joe Butler 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Butler better on 1 · even on 1

Armstrong

Opponent

Butler

  • Bob Armstrong

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO 6

    1899

    Loss, KO 2

    1898

    Loss, PTS

    1897

    ChildsButler better

    Joe Butler

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1900

    Loss, DQ 2

    1899

  • Bob Armstrong

    Draw, NWS

    1898

    GoddardEven

    Joe Butler

    No contest, NC

    1892

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

Bob Armstrong had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Walter Johnson. Armstrong last boxed on Dec 26, 1904.WLWWL

Martin Jun 1903Ferguson Aug 1903Fitzsimmons Sep 1903Johnson Apr 1904Johnson Dec 19043.6 tracked bouts per year

Joe Butler has lost six straight. Butler last boxed on Sep 29, 1904.LLLLL

Armstrong May 1898Childs Jan 1899Childs Dec 1900Johnson May 1903O'Brien Sep 19040.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Armstrong and Joe Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Armstrong and Joe Butler have met 2 times and Bob Armstrong leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WMay 27, 1898 · Armstrong · KO R2

WMar 6, 1897 · Armstrong · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Armstrong or Butler?
Bob Armstrong is 18-11-7 and Joe Butler is 2-7 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Armstrong has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Armstrong18–11–759.7%

Butler2–722.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Armstrong or Butler?
Bob Armstrong has 15 knockout wins and Joe Butler has 1. Bob Armstrong has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Armstrong1583.3%

Butler1

The Numbers ↓
Do Armstrong and Butler have any common opponents?
Bob Armstrong and Joe Butler share 2 common opponents: Frank Childs and Joe Goddard. Joe Butler fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Frank ChildsLL

Joe GoddardDNC

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Armstrong and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Bob Armstrong and 10 bouts tracked for Joe Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Armstrong37bouts

Butler10bouts

How They Win ↓

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