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Buster Douglas vs Mike Lear — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Douglas

Mike Lear

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Mike Lear (0-1 across 1 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

Lear

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 Mike Lear have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Mike Lear have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1981Jul 24Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike LearFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 4 · Lear 1 of 5 measurable rows
DouglasLear
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
0 (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″
Mike Lear: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Douglas: 83″
Mike Lear: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Douglas: 66
Mike Lear: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Douglas: Orthodox
Mike Lear: Not recorded

Buster Douglas left, Mike Lear 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%

Mike Lear0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Mike Lear: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lear yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Mike Lear 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 — 10,103 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

Mike Lear last boxed on Jul 24, 1981 — 16,522 days ago. Lear had lost the most recent, to Buster Douglas.L

Douglas Jul 1981

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Mike Lear ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Mike Lear met once on July 24, 1981, and Buster Douglas won by UD.
The meeting

WJul 24, 1981 · Douglas · UD

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

Lear0–10%

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

Douglas2565.8%

Lear0

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

Douglas46bouts

Lear1bout

How They Win ↓

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