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Bruce Strauss vs Maurice Watkins — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bruce Strauss

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Maurice Watkins

Bruce Strauss (77-53-5) and Maurice Watkins (1-2 across 3 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

Watkins

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Watkins leads 1–0

Bruce Strauss and Maurice Watkins have met 1 time; Watkins leads 1–0.

Bruce Strauss and Maurice Watkins have met 1 time; Watkins leads 1–0.
Met1982Aug 17Series
Bruce StraussFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Maurice WatkinsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Strauss 4 · Watkins 2 of 6 measurable rows
StraussWatkins
Record†
77-53-5 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
58.9% (edge)
33.3%
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
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 136
136
3

† 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

Age4 yrs apart
Bruce Strauss: 74
Maurice Watkins: 70
Stance
Bruce Strauss: Orthodox
Maurice Watkins: Not recorded

Bruce Strauss left, Maurice Watkins 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%

Maurice Watkins1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Maurice Watkins: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 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, Maurice Watkins 3 — 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

Maurice Watkins last boxed on Nov 12, 1982 — 16,049 days ago. Watkins had won one in a row before losing a decision to Alfredo Escalera.LWL

Davis Sep 1979Strauss Aug 1982Escalera Nov 19820.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bruce Strauss and Maurice Watkins ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Strauss and Maurice Watkins met once on August 17, 1982, and Maurice Watkins won by KO.
The meeting

LAug 17, 1982 · Watkins · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Strauss or Watkins?
Bruce Strauss is 77-53-5 and Maurice Watkins is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Watkins1–233.3%

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

Strauss5571.4%

Watkins1

The Numbers ↓
Do Strauss and Watkins have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bruce Strauss and Maurice Watkins have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Strauss and Watkins?
This comparison is drawn from 136 bouts tracked for Bruce Strauss and 3 bouts tracked for Maurice Watkins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Strauss136bouts

Watkins3bouts

How They Win ↓

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