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Brian O'Melia vs Joe Bugner — record, stats and common opponents compared

Brian O'Melia

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Joe Bugner

Brian O'Melia (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and Joe Bugner (69-13-1) 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.

O'Melia

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bugner

69

Wins41 KO · 59%

13

Losses

1

Draw84 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

Bugner leads 1–0

Brian O'Melia and Joe Bugner have met 1 time; Bugner leads 1–0.

Brian O'Melia and Joe Bugner have met 1 time; Bugner leads 1–0.
Met1972Mar 28Series
Brian O'MeliaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe BugnerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

O'Melia 1 · Bugner 4 of 5 measurable rows
O'MeliaBugner
Record†
0-669-13-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 41
0
41 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.42%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—59%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.2
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 84
6
84

† 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

Reachnot held
Brian O'Melia: No reach on file
Joe Bugner: 82″
Agenot held
Brian O'Melia: No date of birth
Joe Bugner: Died aged 75
Stance
Brian O'Melia: Not recorded
Joe Bugner: Orthodox

Brian O'Melia left, Joe Bugner 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 O'Melia0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Brian O'Melia: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for O'Melia yet.

Joe Bugner70 wins · from 84 tracked bouts

Joe Bugner: 70 tracked wins — 41 by KO/TKO (59%), 27 on the cards (39%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 84 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

41 by KO/TKO 59%27 on the cards 39%2 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Brian O'Melia 6, Joe Bugner 84 — 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

Brian O'Melia last boxed on Sep 23, 1975 — 18,654 days ago. O'Melia had lost six straight.LLLLL

Neumann Jun 1971Bozic Oct 1971Roman Feb 1972Bugner Mar 1972LeDoux Sep 19751.2 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bugner has won six straight, the most recent against Levi Billups. Bugner last boxed on Jun 13, 1999.WWWWW

Ligaloa Jun 1997Wilson Jan 1998Mirovic Apr 1998Smith Jul 1998Billups Jun 19992.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Brian O'Melia and Joe Bugner ever fought each other?
Yes. Brian O'Melia and Joe Bugner met once on March 28, 1972, and Joe Bugner won by TKO.
The meeting

LMar 28, 1972 · Bugner · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, O'Melia or Bugner?
Brian O'Melia is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Bugner is 69-13-1. Joe Bugner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

O'Melia0–60%

Bugner69–13–183.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, O'Melia or Bugner?
Brian O'Melia has 0 knockout wins and Joe Bugner has 41. Joe Bugner has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

O'Melia0

Bugner4159.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do O'Melia and Bugner have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Brian O'Melia and Joe Bugner have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Melia and Bugner?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Brian O'Melia and 84 bouts tracked for Joe Bugner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

O'Melia6bouts

Bugner84bouts

How They Win ↓

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