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

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Buster Douglas

Don Johnson

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Don Johnson (2-11 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Douglas

38

Wins25 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

2–11

counted from 13 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 Don Johnson have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Don Johnson have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1981Dec 23Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Don JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 7 · Johnson 0 of 7 measurable rows
DouglasJohnson
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)2-11
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
15.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
65.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
66% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 6
5 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
13

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

Buster Douglas left, Don 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%

Don Johnson2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Don Johnson: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Don Johnson 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Douglas

Opponent

Johnson

  • Buster Douglas

    Loss, TKO 2

    1981

    BeyEven

    Don Johnson

    Loss, KO

    1982

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 — 10,105 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

Don Johnson last boxed on Nov 29, 1992 — 12,378 days ago. Johnson had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Villaflor Sep 1970Hamsho Dec 1978Douglas Dec 1981Bey Apr 1982Foster Nov 19920.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Don Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Don Johnson met once on December 23, 1981, and Buster Douglas won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WDec 23, 1981 · Douglas · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Johnson?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Don Johnson is 2-11 across the 13 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%

Johnson2–1115.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Douglas or Johnson?
Buster Douglas has 25 knockout wins and Don Johnson has 1. Buster Douglas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Douglas2565.8%

Johnson1

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Johnson have any common opponents?
Buster Douglas and Don Johnson share 1 common opponent: David Bey. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

David BeyLL

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 13 bouts tracked for Don Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Johnson13bouts

How They Win ↓

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