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Buster Douglas vs Mel Daniels — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Mel Daniels

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Mel Daniels (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Daniels

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Mel Daniels have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Mel Daniels have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1982Apr 24Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mel DanielsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 4 · Daniels 1 of 5 measurable rows
DouglasDaniels
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
1

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

Buster Douglas left, Mel Daniels 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%

Mel Daniels0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Mel Daniels: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Daniels yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Mel Daniels 1 — 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

Mel Daniels last boxed on Apr 24, 1982 — 16,250 days ago. Daniels had lost the most recent, to Buster Douglas.L

Douglas Apr 1982

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Mel Daniels ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Mel Daniels met once on April 24, 1982, and Buster Douglas won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WApr 24, 1982 · Douglas · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Daniels?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Mel Daniels is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Daniels0–10%

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

Douglas2565.8%

Daniels0

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Daniels have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Douglas and Mel Daniels have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Daniels?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 1 bout tracked for Mel Daniels. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Daniels1bout

How They Win ↓

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