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Buster Drayton vs Gary Coates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Drayton

Gary Coates

Buster Drayton (40-15-1) and Gary Coates (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 1 common opponent.

Drayton

40

Wins28 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw57 tracked bouts

Coates

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

Drayton leads 1–0

Buster Drayton and Gary Coates have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.

Buster Drayton and Gary Coates have met 1 time; Drayton leads 1–0.
Met1984Jun 25Series
Buster DraytonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gary CoatesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Drayton 5 · Coates 1 of 6 measurable rows
DraytonCoates
Record†
40-15-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
72.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
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 Drayton: 5′11″
Gary Coates: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Drayton: 74″
Gary Coates: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Drayton: Died aged 68
Gary Coates: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Drayton: Orthodox
Gary Coates: Not recorded

Buster Drayton left, Gary Coates 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 Drayton40 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Buster Drayton: 40 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (70%) and 12 on the cards (30%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 70%12 on the cards 30%

Gary Coates0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Gary Coates: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Coates yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Drayton 57, Gary Coates 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Drayton better on 1

Drayton

Opponent

Coates

  • Buster Drayton

    Win, TKO 10

    1986

    MooreDrayton better

    Gary Coates

    Loss, TKO 6

    1988

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Buster Drayton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Derrick Rolon. Drayton last boxed on Jun 10, 1995.WWWWL

Cole Jun 1992Smith Nov 1992Harris Aug 1993Vera Nov 1994Rolon Jun 19953.4 tracked bouts per year

Gary Coates last boxed on Apr 30, 1988 — 14,050 days ago. Coates had lost two straight.LL

Drayton Jun 1984Moore Apr 19880.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Drayton and Gary Coates ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Drayton and Gary Coates met once on June 25, 1984, and Buster Drayton won by TKO.
The meeting

WJun 25, 1984 · Drayton · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Drayton or Coates?
Buster Drayton is 40-15-1 and Gary Coates is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Drayton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Drayton40–15–172.3%

Coates0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Drayton or Coates?
Buster Drayton has 28 knockout wins and Gary Coates has 0. Buster Drayton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Drayton2870%

Coates0

The Numbers ↓
Do Drayton and Coates have any common opponents?
Buster Drayton and Gary Coates share 1 common opponent: Davey Moore. Buster Drayton fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Davey MooreWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Drayton and Coates?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Buster Drayton and 2 bouts tracked for Gary Coates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Drayton57bouts

Coates2bouts

How They Win ↓

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