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Bruce Strauss vs Tommy Degen — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bruce Strauss

Tommy Degen

Bruce Strauss (77-53-5) and Tommy Degen (0-5 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

Degen

Tracked record

0–5

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 Tommy Degen have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.

Bruce Strauss and Tommy Degen have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.
Met1981Sep 20Series
Bruce StraussFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy DegenFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Strauss 4 · Degen 1 of 5 measurable rows
StraussDegen
Record†
77-53-5 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
58.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 55
55 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
71.43%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 28
28
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.2
10.2 (edge)
0.4
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 held
Bruce Strauss: 74
Tommy Degen: No date of birth
Stance
Bruce Strauss: Orthodox
Tommy Degen: Not recorded

Bruce Strauss left, Tommy Degen 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%

Tommy Degen0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Tommy Degen: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Degen yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bruce Strauss 136, Tommy Degen 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 — 13,510 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

Tommy Degen last boxed on Feb 5, 1994 — 11,945 days ago. Degen had lost five straight.LLLLL

Strauss Sep 1981Morgan Feb 1989Smith Mar 1991Smith Jun 1992Domenge Feb 19940.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bruce Strauss and Tommy Degen ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Strauss and Tommy Degen met once on September 20, 1981, and Bruce Strauss won by PTS.
The meeting

WSep 20, 1981 · Strauss · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Strauss or Degen?
Bruce Strauss is 77-53-5 and Tommy Degen is 0-5 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%

Degen0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Strauss or Degen?
Bruce Strauss has 55 knockout wins and Tommy Degen has 0. Bruce Strauss has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Strauss5571.4%

Degen0

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

Strauss136bouts

Degen5bouts

How They Win ↓

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