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Bushy Bester vs Buster Drayton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bushy Bester

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Buster Drayton

Bushy Bester (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Buster Drayton (40-15-1) 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.

Bester

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Drayton

40

Wins28 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw57 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

Bester leads 1–0

Bushy Bester and Buster Drayton have met 1 time; Bester leads 1–0.

Bushy Bester and Buster Drayton have met 1 time; Bester leads 1–0.
Met1983Feb 5Series
Bushy BesterFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Buster DraytonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bester 1 · Drayton 6 of 7 measurable rows
BesterDrayton
Record†
1-140-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
72.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.4
0.8
3.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
2
57

† 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
Bushy Bester: No height on file
Buster Drayton: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Bushy Bester: No reach on file
Buster Drayton: 74″
Agenot held
Bushy Bester: No date of birth
Buster Drayton: Died aged 68
Stance
Bushy Bester: Not recorded
Buster Drayton: Orthodox

Bushy Bester left, Buster Drayton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bushy Bester1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Bushy Bester: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Buster Drayton40 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Buster Drayton: 40 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (70%) and 12 on the cards (30%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 70%12 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bushy Bester 2, Buster Drayton 57 — 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

Bushy Bester last boxed on Feb 5, 1983 — 15,963 days ago. Bester had won once since losing a decision to Ayub Kalule.LW

Kalule Sep 1980Drayton Feb 19830.8 tracked bouts per year

Buster Drayton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Derrick Rolon. Drayton last boxed on Jun 10, 1995.WWWWL

Cole Jun 1992Smith Nov 1992Harris Aug 1993Vera Nov 1994Rolon Jun 19953.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bushy Bester and Buster Drayton ever fought each other?
Yes. Bushy Bester and Buster Drayton met once on February 5, 1983, and Bushy Bester won by PTS.
The meeting

WFeb 5, 1983 · Bester · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bester or Drayton?
Bushy Bester is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Buster Drayton is 40-15-1. Buster Drayton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bester1–150%

Drayton40–15–172.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bester or Drayton?
Bushy Bester has 0 knockout wins and Buster Drayton has 28. Buster Drayton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bester0

Drayton2870%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bester and Drayton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bushy Bester and Buster Drayton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bester and Drayton?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bushy Bester and 57 bouts tracked for Buster Drayton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bester2bouts

Drayton57bouts

How They Win ↓

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