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Buster Douglas vs Eugene Cato — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Eugene Cato

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Eugene Cato (0-2 across 2 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

Cato

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Eugene Cato have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Eugene Cato have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1983Sep 28Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Eugene CatoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 4 · Cato 1 of 5 measurable rows
DouglasCato
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)0-2
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§not comparable
2.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
2

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

Buster Douglas left, Eugene Cato 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%

Eugene Cato0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Eugene Cato: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cato yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Eugene Cato 2 — 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 — 10,104 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

Eugene Cato last boxed on Sep 28, 1983 — 15,727 days ago. Cato had lost two straight.LL

Smith Jun 1983Douglas Sep 1983

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Eugene Cato ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Eugene Cato met once on September 28, 1983, and Buster Douglas won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 28, 1983 · Douglas · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Cato?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Eugene Cato is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Cato0–20%

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

Douglas2565.8%

Cato0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Cato have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Douglas and Eugene Cato have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Cato?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 2 bouts tracked for Eugene Cato. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Cato2bouts

How They Win ↓

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