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Brian London vs Peter Bates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Brian London

Peter Bates

Brian London (37-20-1) and Peter Bates (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

London

37

Wins26 KO · 70%

20

Losses

1

Draw59 tracked bouts

Bates

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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

London leads 1–0

Brian London and Peter Bates have met 1 time; London leads 1–0.

Brian London and Peter Bates have met 1 time; London leads 1–0.
Met1957Jul 1Series
Brian LondonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Peter BatesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

London 4 · Bates 2 of 6 measurable rows
LondonBates
Record†
37-20-1 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
64.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
70.27%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 12
12
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
59
8

† 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
Brian London: Died aged 87
Peter Bates: No date of birth
Stance
Brian London: Orthodox
Peter Bates: Not recorded

Brian London left, Peter Bates right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Brian London37 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Brian London: 37 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (70%), 10 on the cards (27%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 70%10 on the cards 27%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Peter Bates2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Peter Bates: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Brian London 59, Peter Bates 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · London better on 1 · Bates better on 2 · even on 1

London

Opponent

Bates

  • Brian London

    Win, PTS

    1965

    WalkerLondon better

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO

    1963

  • Brian London

    0–3 against

    Loss, PTS

    1964

    Loss, PTS

    1959

    Loss, TKO 1

    1956

    CooperBates better

    Peter Bates

    Win, TKO 5

    1956

  • Brian London

    Loss, PTS

    1963

    JohanssonEven

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO 2

    1956

  • Brian London

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO

    1960

    Loss, TKO

    1960

    RichardsonBates better

    Peter Bates

    Loss, TKO

    1955

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

Brian London has lost three straight. London last boxed on May 12, 1970.LDLLL

Bodell Jun 1968Clark Feb 1969Fletcher Apr 1969Quarry Sep 1969Bugner May 19703.9 tracked bouts per year

Peter Bates last boxed on Jan 29, 1963 — 23,272 days ago. Bates had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Hecht May 1956Cooper Sep 1956Johansson Dec 1956London Jul 1957Walker Jan 19630.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Brian London and Peter Bates ever fought each other?
Yes. Brian London and Peter Bates met once on July 1, 1957, and Brian London won by KO.
The meeting

WJul 1, 1957 · London · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, London or Bates?
Brian London is 37-20-1 and Peter Bates is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Brian London has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

London37–20–164.7%

Bates2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, London or Bates?
Brian London has 26 knockout wins and Peter Bates has 2. Brian London has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

London2670.3%

Bates2

The Numbers ↓
Do London and Bates have any common opponents?
Brian London and Peter Bates share 4 common opponents: Billy Walker, Henry Cooper and Ingemar Johansson (and 1 other). Peter Bates fared better against 2 of them.
4 shared opponents

Billy WalkerWL

Henry CooperLW

Ingemar JohanssonLL

Dick RichardsonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on London and Bates?
This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Brian London and 8 bouts tracked for Peter Bates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

London59bouts

Bates8bouts

How They Win ↓

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