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Bruce Strauss vs Charlie Powell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bruce Strauss

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Charlie Powell

Bruce Strauss (77-53-5) and Charlie Powell (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Strauss

77

Wins55 KO · 71%

53

Losses

5

Draws136 tracked bouts

Powell

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Strauss leads 1–0

Bruce Strauss and Charlie Powell have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.

Bruce Strauss and Charlie Powell have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.
Met1981Jul 23Series
Bruce StraussFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Charlie PowellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Strauss 4 · Powell 2 of 6 measurable rows
StraussPowell
Record†
77-53-5 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
58.9% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 55
55 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
71.43%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 28
28
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
136
5

† 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 comparable
Bruce Strauss: 74
Charlie Powell: Died aged 82
Stance
Bruce Strauss: Orthodox
Charlie Powell: Not recorded

Bruce Strauss left, Charlie Powell 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 Strauss77 wins · from 136 tracked bouts

Bruce Strauss: 77 tracked wins — 55 by KO/TKO (71%) and 22 on the cards (29%). Counted from 136 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

55 by KO/TKO 71%22 on the cards 29%

Charlie Powell1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Charlie Powell: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bruce Strauss 136, Charlie Powell 5 — 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 Strauss last boxed on Oct 24, 1989 — 13,511 days ago. Strauss had won three straight since losses to Wayne Grant and Harry Arroyo.LLWWW

Grant Aug 1988Arroyo Jan 1989Stern Mar 1989Reynolds May 1989Jesmer Oct 198910.2 tracked bouts per year

Charlie Powell has lost four straight, after one straight win. Powell last boxed on Jul 23, 1981.WLLLL

Valdés Mar 1959Ali Jan 1963Patterson Dec 1964Walker Jan 1965Strauss Jul 19810.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bruce Strauss and Charlie Powell ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Strauss and Charlie Powell met once on July 23, 1981, and Bruce Strauss won by TKO.
The meeting

WJul 23, 1981 · Strauss · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Strauss or Powell?
Bruce Strauss is 77-53-5 and Charlie Powell is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bruce Strauss has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Strauss77–53–558.9%

Powell1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Strauss or Powell?
Bruce Strauss has 55 knockout wins and Charlie Powell has 1. Bruce Strauss has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Strauss5571.4%

Powell1

The Numbers ↓
Do Strauss and Powell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bruce Strauss and Charlie Powell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Strauss and Powell?
This comparison is drawn from 136 bouts tracked for Bruce Strauss and 5 bouts tracked for Charlie Powell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Strauss136bouts

Powell5bouts

How They Win ↓

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