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

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Buster Douglas

Mike Rodgers

Buster Douglas (38-6-1) and Mike Rodgers (2-2 across 4 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

Rodgers

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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 Mike Rodgers have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.

Buster Douglas and Mike Rodgers have met 1 time; Douglas leads 1–0.
Met1981Sep 27Series
Buster DouglasFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike RodgersFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Douglas 6 · Rodgers 1 of 7 measurable rows
DouglasRodgers
Record†
38-6-1 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
65.79%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
66% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
2.6 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
4

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

Buster Douglas left, Mike Rodgers 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 Rodgers2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Mike Rodgers: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Douglas 46, Mike Rodgers 4 — 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

Mike Rodgers last boxed on Oct 12, 2002 — 8,774 days ago. Rodgers had won two straight since losses to Earnie Shavers and Buster Douglas.LLWW

Shavers Sep 1981Douglas Sep 1981Jimmerson Aug 2001Jimmerson Oct 20020.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Douglas and Mike Rodgers ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Douglas and Mike Rodgers met once on September 27, 1981, and Buster Douglas won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WSep 27, 1981 · Douglas · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Douglas or Rodgers?
Buster Douglas is 38-6-1 and Mike Rodgers is 2-2 across the 4 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%

Rodgers2–250%

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

Douglas2565.8%

Rodgers1

The Numbers ↓
Do Douglas and Rodgers have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Douglas and Mike Rodgers have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Douglas and Rodgers?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Buster Douglas and 4 bouts tracked for Mike Rodgers. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Douglas46bouts

Rodgers4bouts

How They Win ↓

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