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Carmelo Bossi vs James Shelton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmelo Bossi

James Shelton

Carmelo Bossi (40-8-3) and James Shelton (0-4 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.

Bossi

40

Wins10 KO · 25%

8

Losses

3

Draws51 tracked bouts

Shelton

Tracked record

0–4

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

Bossi leads 1–0

Carmelo Bossi and James Shelton have met 1 time; Bossi leads 1–0.

Carmelo Bossi and James Shelton have met 1 time; Bossi leads 1–0.
Met1966Aug 18Series
Carmelo BossiFighter AWWon1–0W–L
James SheltonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bossi 5 · Shelton 0 of 5 measurable rows
BossiShelton
Record†
40-8-3 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
81.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 10
10 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
25%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
25%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
51
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
Carmelo Bossi: 5′7″
James Shelton: No height on file
Agenot held
Carmelo Bossi: Died aged 74
James Shelton: No date of birth
Stance
Carmelo Bossi: Orthodox
James Shelton: Not recorded

Carmelo Bossi left, James Shelton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carmelo Bossi40 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Carmelo Bossi: 40 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (25%), 29 on the cards (73%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 25%29 on the cards 73%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

James Shelton0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

James Shelton: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shelton yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmelo Bossi 51, James Shelton 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

Carmelo Bossi has lost the most recent, to Koichi Wajima. Bossi last boxed on Oct 31, 1971.WWLDL

Little Jul 1970Battistutta Oct 1970Fourie Nov 1970Hernandez Apr 1971Wajima Oct 19714.8 tracked bouts per year

James Shelton last boxed on Jun 6, 1972 — 19,863 days ago. Shelton had lost four straight.LLLL

Benvenuti Nov 1965Mazzinghi Feb 1966Bossi Aug 1966Albarado Jun 19720.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmelo Bossi and James Shelton ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmelo Bossi and James Shelton met once on August 18, 1966, and Carmelo Bossi won by PTS.
The meeting

WAug 18, 1966 · Bossi · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bossi or Shelton?
Carmelo Bossi is 40-8-3 and James Shelton is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Carmelo Bossi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bossi40–8–381.4%

Shelton0–40%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bossi or Shelton?
Carmelo Bossi has 10 knockout wins and James Shelton has 0. Carmelo Bossi has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bossi1025%

Shelton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bossi and Shelton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carmelo Bossi and James Shelton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bossi and Shelton?
This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Carmelo Bossi and 4 bouts tracked for James Shelton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bossi51bouts

Shelton4bouts

How They Win ↓

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