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Buddy Grimes vs Joey Archibald — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buddy Grimes

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joey Archibald

Buddy Grimes (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Joey Archibald (60-42-5) 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.

Grimes

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Archibald

60

Wins29 KO · 48%

42

Losses

5

Draws107 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

Archibald leads 1–0

Buddy Grimes and Joey Archibald have met 1 time; Archibald leads 1–0.

Buddy Grimes and Joey Archibald have met 1 time; Archibald leads 1–0.
Met1937May 3Series
Buddy GrimesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey ArchibaldFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Grimes 1 · Archibald 4 of 5 measurable rows
GrimesArchibald
Record†
0-160-42-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
58.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—48.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—48%
Times stopped‡max 8
0 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 107
1
107

† 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
Buddy Grimes: No height on file
Joey Archibald: 5′3″
Agenot held
Buddy Grimes: No date of birth
Joey Archibald: Died aged 83
Stance
Buddy Grimes: Not recorded
Joey Archibald: Orthodox

Buddy Grimes left, Joey Archibald right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy Grimes0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Buddy Grimes: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Grimes yet.

Joey Archibald60 wins · from 107 tracked bouts

Joey Archibald: 60 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (48%) and 31 on the cards (52%). Counted from 107 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 48%31 on the cards 52%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Grimes 1, Joey Archibald 107 — 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

Buddy Grimes last boxed on May 3, 1937 — 32,692 days ago. Grimes had lost the most recent, to Joey Archibald.L

Archibald May 1937

Joey Archibald has lost 12 straight. Archibald last boxed on Aug 11, 1943.LLLLL

Pirrone Jan 1943Bartolo Mar 1943Alexander Apr 1943Costa May 1943Rafferty Aug 19439.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Grimes and Joey Archibald ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Grimes and Joey Archibald met once on May 3, 1937, and Joey Archibald won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 3, 1937 · Archibald · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Grimes or Archibald?
Buddy Grimes is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Joey Archibald is 60-42-5. Joey Archibald has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Grimes0–10%

Archibald60–42–558.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Grimes or Archibald?
Buddy Grimes has 0 knockout wins and Joey Archibald has 29. Joey Archibald has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Grimes0

Archibald2948.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Grimes and Archibald have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy Grimes and Joey Archibald have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Grimes and Archibald?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Buddy Grimes and 107 bouts tracked for Joey Archibald. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Grimes1bout

Archibald107bouts

How They Win ↓

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