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Bobby Warthen vs Leotis Martin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bobby Warthen

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Leotis Martin

Bobby Warthen (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Leotis Martin (31-5) 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.

Warthen

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Martin

31

Wins19 KO · 61%

5

Losses

0

Draws37 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

Martin leads 1–0

Bobby Warthen and Leotis Martin have met 1 time; Martin leads 1–0.

Bobby Warthen and Leotis Martin have met 1 time; Martin leads 1–0.
Met1962Jan 26Series
Bobby WarthenFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Leotis MartinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Warthen 0 · Martin 5 of 5 measurable rows
WarthenMartin
Record†
1-331-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
86.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—61.29%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
61% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.7
0.6
4.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
4
37

† 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
Bobby Warthen: No height on file
Leotis Martin: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Bobby Warthen: No reach on file
Leotis Martin: 76″
Agenot held
Bobby Warthen: No date of birth
Leotis Martin: Died aged 56
Stance
Bobby Warthen: Not recorded
Leotis Martin: Orthodox

Bobby Warthen left, Leotis Martin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bobby Warthen1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Bobby Warthen: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Leotis Martin31 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Leotis Martin: 31 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (61%) and 12 on the cards (39%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 61%12 on the cards 39%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobby Warthen 4, Leotis Martin 37 — 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

Bobby Warthen last boxed on Sep 24, 1968 — 21,209 days ago. Warthen had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to George Benton.LLWL

Martin Jan 1962Briscoe May 1967Rondón Jan 1968Benton Sep 19680.6 tracked bouts per year

Leotis Martin has won five straight, the most recent against Sonny Liston. Martin last boxed on Dec 6, 1969.WWWWW

Lewis Nov 1968Lewis Feb 1969Newton Oct 1969Russell Nov 1969Liston Dec 19694.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bobby Warthen and Leotis Martin ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Warthen and Leotis Martin met once on January 26, 1962, and Leotis Martin won by SD.
The meeting

LJan 26, 1962 · Martin · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Warthen or Martin?
Bobby Warthen is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Leotis Martin is 31-5. Leotis Martin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Warthen1–325%

Martin31–586.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Warthen or Martin?
Bobby Warthen has 0 knockout wins and Leotis Martin has 19. Leotis Martin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Warthen0

Martin1961.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Warthen and Martin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bobby Warthen and Leotis Martin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Warthen and Martin?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Bobby Warthen and 37 bouts tracked for Leotis Martin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Warthen4bouts

Martin37bouts

How They Win ↓

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