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Bruce Grandham vs John Tate — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bruce Grandham

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John Tate

Bruce Grandham (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and John Tate (34-3) 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.

Grandham

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tate

34

Wins23 KO · 68%

3

Losses

0

Draws38 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

Tate leads 1–0

Bruce Grandham and John Tate have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.

Bruce Grandham and John Tate have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.
Met1982Aug 27Series
Bruce GrandhamFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John TateFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Grandham 1 · Tate 5 of 6 measurable rows
GrandhamTate
Record†
1-334-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
91.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
1
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.2
0.6
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
4
38

† 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
Bruce Grandham: No height on file
John Tate: 6′4″
Reachnot held
Bruce Grandham: No reach on file
John Tate: 80″
Agenot held
Bruce Grandham: No date of birth
John Tate: Died aged 43
Stance
Bruce Grandham: Not recorded
John Tate: Orthodox

Bruce Grandham left, John Tate right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bruce Grandham1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Bruce Grandham: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

John Tate34 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

John Tate: 34 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (68%), 10 on the cards (29%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 68%10 on the cards 29%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bruce Grandham 4, John Tate 38 — 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

Bruce Grandham last boxed on Jun 20, 1984 — 15,461 days ago. Grandham had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Meade Dec 1977Meade Mar 1978Tate Aug 1982Thomas Jun 19840.6 tracked bouts per year

John Tate has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Tate last boxed on Jun 10, 1994.WWWLL

Jones Nov 1987Green Dec 1987Smith Jan 1988Quarless Mar 1988Pearce Jun 19942.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bruce Grandham and John Tate ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Grandham and John Tate met once on August 27, 1982, and John Tate won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LAug 27, 1982 · Tate · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Grandham or Tate?
Bruce Grandham is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Tate is 34-3. John Tate has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Grandham1–325%

Tate34–391.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Grandham or Tate?
Bruce Grandham has 1 knockout win and John Tate has 23. John Tate has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Grandham1

Tate2367.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Grandham and Tate have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bruce Grandham and John Tate have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Grandham and Tate?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Bruce Grandham and 38 bouts tracked for John Tate. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Grandham4bouts

Tate38bouts

How They Win ↓

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