Have Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff ever fought each other?

Yes. Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff met once on October 13, 1938, and Bob Montgomery won by KO in round 2.

Who has the better record, Montgomery or Buff?

Bob Montgomery is 75-19-3 and Young Johnny Buff is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Montgomery has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Montgomery or Buff?

Bob Montgomery has 37 knockout wins and Young Johnny Buff has 0. Bob Montgomery has more.

Do Montgomery and Buff have any common opponents?

Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff share 2 common opponents: Beau Jack and Petey Scalzo. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Montgomery and Buff?

This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Bob Montgomery and 5 bouts tracked for Young Johnny Buff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bob Montgomery vs Young Johnny Buff — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Bob Montgomery

Young Johnny Buff

Bob Montgomery (75-19-3) and Young Johnny Buff (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Montgomery

Wins37 KO · 49%

Losses

Draws97 tracked bouts

Buff

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Montgomery leads 1–0

Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff have met 1 time; Montgomery leads 1–0.
Met	1938Oct 13	Series
Bob MontgomeryFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Young Johnny BuffFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR2Montgomery vs Buff	1Meeting

Montgomery vs Buff · Oct 13, 1938

The Numbers

Montgomery 5 · Buff 0 of 5 measurable rows

MontgomeryEdge = longer wingBuff

Record^†: 75-19-3 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%: 78.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 37: 37 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 49.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 49%—
Times stopped^‡max 4: 3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.5: 8.5 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97: 97
5

† 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 held: Bob Montgomery: Died aged 79; Young Johnny Buff: No date of birth
Stance: Bob Montgomery: Orthodox; Young Johnny Buff: Not recorded

Bob Montgomery left, Young Johnny Buff 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 Montgomery75 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

37 by KO/TKO 49%38 on the cards 51%

Young Johnny Buff0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Buff yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Montgomery 97, Young Johnny Buff 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Montgomery better on 1 · Buff better on 12 shared · Bob Montgomery better on 1 · Young Johnny Buff better on 1

MontgomeryBob Montgomery

Opponent

BuffYoung Johnny Buff

Bob Montgomery
2–2 against
Loss, MD
1944Aug 1944
Win, SD
1944Mar 1944
Loss, UD
1943Nov 1943
Win, UD
1943May 1943
JackBeau JackUnited States 91–24–5 · LightweightBuff betterYoung Johnny Buff better — 0–1 to 2–2
Young Johnny Buff
Loss, KO 1
1940Dec 1940
Bob Montgomery
Win, TKO 6
1943Oct 1943
ScalzoPetey ScalzoUnited States 90–15–6Montgomery betterBob Montgomery better — 1–0 to 0–1
Young Johnny Buff
Loss, KO 2
1940Jan 1940

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 Montgomery has lost seven straight. Montgomery last boxed on Mar 27, 1950.LLLLL

Angelo Dec 1947Minelli Feb 1950Greco Feb 1950Williams Mar 1950Giosa Mar 19508.5 tracked bouts per year

Young Johnny Buff last boxed on Dec 16, 1940 — 31,354 days ago. Buff had lost five straight.LLLLL

Brouillard Apr 1929Montgomery Oct 1938Escobar Jul 1939Scalzo Jan 1940Jack Dec 19400.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff ever fought each other?: Yes. Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff met once on October 13, 1938, and Bob Montgomery won by KO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Montgomery or Buff?: Bob Montgomery is 75-19-3 and Young Johnny Buff is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bob Montgomery has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Montgomery or Buff?: Bob Montgomery has 37 knockout wins and Young Johnny Buff has 0. Bob Montgomery has more.
Do Montgomery and Buff have any common opponents?: Bob Montgomery and Young Johnny Buff share 2 common opponents: Beau Jack and Petey Scalzo. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Montgomery and Buff?: This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Bob Montgomery and 5 bouts tracked for Young Johnny Buff. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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