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Calvin Jones vs John Tate — record, stats and common opponents compared

Calvin Jones

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

John Tate

Calvin Jones (1-14 across 15 tracked bouts) and John Tate (34-3) 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.

Jones

Tracked record

1–14

counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Tate

34

Wins23 KO · 68%

3

Losses

0

Draws38 tracked bouts

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

Tate leads 1–0

Calvin Jones and John Tate have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.

Calvin Jones and John Tate have met 1 time; Tate leads 1–0.
Met1987Nov 28Series
Calvin JonesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John TateFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Jones 0 · Tate 7 of 7 measurable rows
JonesTate
Record†
1-1434-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
6.7%
91.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—67.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
68% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 13
13
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.2
1.6
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
15
38

† 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
Calvin Jones: No height on file
John Tate: 6′4″
Reachnot held
Calvin Jones: No reach on file
John Tate: 80″
Agenot held
Calvin Jones: No date of birth
John Tate: Died aged 43
Stance
Calvin Jones: Not recorded
John Tate: Orthodox

Calvin Jones left, John Tate right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Calvin Jones1 win · from 15 tracked bouts

Calvin Jones: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

John Tate34 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

John Tate: 34 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (68%), 10 on the cards (29%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 68%10 on the cards 29%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Calvin Jones 15, John Tate 38 — 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

Calvin Jones last boxed on Apr 17, 1997 — 10,777 days ago. Jones had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Akinwande Apr 1995Briggs Dec 1995Ibeabuchi Jan 1997Klitschko Mar 1997Puritty Apr 19971.6 tracked bouts per year

John Tate has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Tate last boxed on Jun 10, 1994.WWWLL

Jones Nov 1987Green Dec 1987Smith Jan 1988Quarless Mar 1988Pearce Jun 19942.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Calvin Jones and John Tate ever fought each other?
Yes. Calvin Jones and John Tate met once on November 28, 1987, and John Tate won by MD.
The meeting

LNov 28, 1987 · Tate · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jones or Tate?
Calvin Jones is 1-14 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Tate is 34-3. John Tate has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jones1–146.7%

Tate34–391.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jones or Tate?
Calvin Jones has 0 knockout wins and John Tate has 23. John Tate has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jones0

Tate2367.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jones and Tate have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Calvin Jones and John Tate have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jones and Tate?
This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Calvin Jones and 38 bouts tracked for John Tate. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jones15bouts

Tate38bouts

How They Win ↓

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