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Buster Douglas vs Donny Townsend — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Donny Townsend

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Donny Townsend (0-3 across 3 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.

Douglas

38

Wins25 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Townsend

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Donny Townsend have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Donny Townsend have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1982Feb 13Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Donny TownsendFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 5 · Townsend 1 of 6 measurable rows
DouglasTownsend
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)0-3
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)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
3

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

Buster Douglas left, Donny Townsend 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%

Donny Townsend0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Donny Townsend: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Townsend yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Donny Townsend 3 — 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

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

Donny Townsend last boxed on May 29, 1985 — 15,119 days ago. Townsend had lost three straight.LLL

Douglas Feb 1982Williams May 1982Evans May 19850.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Donny Townsend ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Donny Townsend met once on February 13, 1982, and Buster Douglas won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 13, 1982 · Douglas · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Townsend?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Donny Townsend is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Townsend0–30%

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

Douglas2565.8%

Townsend0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Townsend have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Douglas and Donny Townsend have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Townsend?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 3 bouts tracked for Donny Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Townsend3bouts

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