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Buster Douglas vs Dave Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Dave Johnson

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Dave Johnson (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Douglas

38

Wins25 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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

Douglas leads 1–0

Buster Douglas and Dave Johnson have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Dave Johnson have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1983Jul 5Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dave JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 5 · Johnson 1 of 6 measurable rows
DouglasJohnson
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
6

† 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
Buster Douglas: 6′4″
Dave Johnson: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Douglas: 83″
Dave Johnson: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Douglas: 66
Dave Johnson: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Douglas: Orthodox
Dave Johnson: Not recorded

Buster Douglas left, Dave Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buster Douglas38 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Buster Douglas: 38 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (66%), 12 on the cards (32%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 66%12 on the cards 32%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Dave Johnson0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Dave Johnson: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Dave Johnson 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Douglas better on 1 · even on 1

Douglas

Opponent

Johnson

  • Buster Douglas

    Loss, TKO 10

    1987

    TuckerEven

    Dave Johnson

    Loss, TKO 2

    1984

  • Buster Douglas

    Win, UD

    1986

    PageDouglas better

    Dave Johnson

    Loss, TKO 6

    1980

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Buster Douglas last boxed on Feb 19, 1999 — 10,103 days ago. Douglas had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Lou Savarese.WWLWW

Monaco May 1997Navarre Jul 1997Savarese Jun 1998Williams Dec 1998Crowder Feb 19992.6 tracked bouts per year

Dave Johnson last boxed on May 25, 1989 — 13,660 days ago. Johnson had lost six straight.LLLLL

Page Oct 1980Witherspoon Apr 1981Douglas Jul 1983Tucker May 1984Evans May 19890.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Dave Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Dave Johnson met once on July 5, 1983, and Buster Douglas won by MD.
The meeting

WJul 5, 1983 · Douglas · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Johnson?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Dave Johnson is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Douglas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Douglas38–6–185.6%

Johnson0–60%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Douglas or Johnson?
Buster Douglas has 25 knockout wins and Dave Johnson has 0. Buster Douglas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Douglas2565.8%

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Johnson have any common opponents?
Buster Douglas and Dave Johnson share 2 common opponents: Tony Tucker and Greg Page. Buster Douglas fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tony TuckerLL

Greg PageWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Johnson6bouts

How They Win ↓

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