Have Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton ever fought each other?

Yes. Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton have met 2 times and Johnny Bratton leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Shans or Bratton?

Cleo Shans is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Shans or Bratton?

Cleo Shans has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Bratton has 34. Johnny Bratton has more.

Do Shans and Bratton have any common opponents?

Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton share 1 common opponent: Ike Williams. Cleo Shans fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shans and Bratton?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cleo Shans and 87 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Cleo Shans vs Johnny Bratton — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Cleo Shans

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Johnny Bratton

Cleo Shans (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Johnny Bratton (60-24-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Shans

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bratton

Wins34 KO · 57%

Losses

Draws87 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

Bratton leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton have met 2 times; Bratton leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1945Nov 2	1945Nov 11	Series
Cleo ShansFighter A	DDraw	LLost	0–1–1W–L–D
Johnny BrattonFighter B	DDraw	WWon	1–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSBratton vs Shans	PTSBratton vs Shans	2Meetings

The Numbers

Shans 1 · Bratton 5 of 6 measurable rows

ShansEdge = longer wingBratton

Record^†: 0-4-160-24-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 10%
70.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34: 0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —56.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —57%
Times stopped^‡max 3: 1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 8.1: 2.2
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 87: 5
87

† 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

Agenot held: Cleo Shans: No date of birth; Johnny Bratton: Died aged 65
Stance: Cleo Shans: Not recorded; Johnny Bratton: Orthodox

Cleo Shans left, Johnny Bratton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Cleo Shans0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Shans yet.

Johnny Bratton60 wins · from 87 tracked bouts

34 by KO/TKO 57%26 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleo Shans 5, Johnny Bratton 87 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shans better on 11 shared · Cleo Shans better on 1

ShansCleo Shans

Opponent

BrattonJohnny Bratton

Cleo Shans
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1946Feb 1946
Loss, TKO
1944Jun 1944
WilliamsIke WilliamsUnited States 128–24–5 · LightweightShans betterCleo Shans better — 0–2 to 0–3
Johnny Bratton
0–3 against
Loss, TKO 8
1950Jan 1950
Loss, UD
1949Jan 1949
Loss, PTS
1946Jan 1946

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

Cleo Shans last boxed on Oct 15, 1946 — 29,231 days ago. Shans had lost three straight.LDLLL

Williams Jun 1944Bratton Nov 1945Bratton Nov 1945Williams Feb 1946Graham Oct 19462.2 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Bratton has lost four straight, after one straight win. Bratton last boxed on Mar 17, 1955.WLLLL

Wilson Oct 1953Gavilán Nov 1953Saxton Feb 1954Varona Oct 1954Flanagan Mar 19558.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton ever fought each other?: Yes. Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton have met 2 times and Johnny Bratton leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Shans or Bratton?: Cleo Shans is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Shans or Bratton?: Cleo Shans has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Bratton has 34. Johnny Bratton has more.
Do Shans and Bratton have any common opponents?: Cleo Shans and Johnny Bratton share 1 common opponent: Ike Williams. Cleo Shans fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shans and Bratton?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cleo Shans and 87 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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