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Bola Lawal vs Hogan Bassey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bola Lawal

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Hogan Bassey

Bola Lawal (1-0-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Hogan Bassey (59-13-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lawal

Tracked record

1–0–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bassey

59

Wins

13

Losses

2

Draws85 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

Lawal leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Bola Lawal and Hogan Bassey have met 2 times; Lawal leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Bola Lawal and Hogan Bassey have met 2 times; Lawal leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1948May 261950Mar 1Series
Bola LawalFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Hogan BasseyFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSTKOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Lawal 3 · Bassey 4 of 7 measurable rows
LawalBassey
Record†
1-0-159-13-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75%
81.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 1
1 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
37%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.3
1.1
7.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 85
2
85

† 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
Bola Lawal: No date of birth
Hogan Bassey: Died aged 65

Bola Lawal left, Hogan Bassey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bola Lawal1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bola Lawal: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Hogan Bassey68 wins · from 85 tracked bouts

Hogan Bassey: 68 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (37%) and 43 on the cards (63%). Counted from 85 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 37%43 on the cards 63%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bola Lawal 2, Hogan Bassey 85 — 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

Bola Lawal last boxed on Mar 1, 1950 — 28,007 days ago. Lawal had won once since a draw with Hogan Bassey.DW

Bassey May 1948Bassey Mar 19501.1 tracked bouts per year

Hogan Bassey has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Bassey last boxed on Aug 19, 1959.WWWLL

Pep Sep 1958Costa Oct 1958Parra Dec 1958Moore Mar 1959Moore Aug 19597.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bola Lawal and Hogan Bassey ever fought each other?
Yes. Bola Lawal and Hogan Bassey have met 2 times and Bola Lawal leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

WMar 1, 1950 · Lawal · TKO R5

DMay 26, 1948 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lawal or Bassey?
Bola Lawal is 1-0-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Hogan Bassey is 59-13-2. Hogan Bassey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lawal1–0–175%

Bassey59–13–281.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lawal or Bassey?
Bola Lawal has 1 knockout win and Hogan Bassey has 0. Bola Lawal has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lawal1

Bassey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lawal and Bassey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bola Lawal and Hogan Bassey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lawal and Bassey?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bola Lawal and 85 bouts tracked for Hogan Bassey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lawal2bouts

Bassey85bouts

How They Win ↓

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