Skip to main content

Charley Polite (0-12 across 12 tracked bouts) and Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) 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.

Charley Polite vs Floyd Patterson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Polite

Tracked record

0–12

12 tracked bouts

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Floyd Patterson

55–8–1

68 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

Floyd Patterson leads 1–0

The Numbers

0-12
Record
55-8-1 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

0%
Win %
86.7% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
40 (edge)
KO rate
72.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
72%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

9
Times stopped
7 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
4 (edge)
1
Bouts per year
3.4 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

12
Bouts tracked
68

Tale of the Tape

Reach
71″ (180 cm)
Age
91
Stance
Orthodox
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Charley Polite · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Floyd Patterson · 57 wins

KO/TKO
41
Decision
16
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (12 and 68 respectively), 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

Charley Polite

LLLLL

L12 streak · last fought Oct 4, 1978

Floyd Patterson

LLWWW

L2 streak · last fought Sep 20, 1972

Common Questions

Have Charley Polite and Floyd Patterson ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Polite and Floyd Patterson met once on July 17, 1971, and Floyd Patterson won by UD.
Who has the better record, Charley Polite or Floyd Patterson?
Charley Polite is 0-12 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Charley Polite or Floyd Patterson?
Charley Polite has 0 knockout wins and Floyd Patterson has 40. Floyd Patterson has more.
Do Charley Polite and Floyd Patterson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charley Polite and Floyd Patterson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charley Polite and Floyd Patterson?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Charley Polite and 68 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Compare someone else

Fighter A

Fighter B