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Cleveland Williams vs Curley Lee — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Curley Lee (1-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Lee

Tracked record

1–1

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

Williams leads 1–0

Cleveland Williams and Curley Lee have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Cleveland Williams and Curley Lee have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1959Oct 14Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Curley LeeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 4 · Lee 2 of 6 measurable rows
WilliamsLee
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
76%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
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
Cleveland Williams: 6′2″
Curley Lee: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Curley Lee: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Curley Lee: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Curley Lee right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cleveland Williams82 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

Cleveland Williams: 82 tracked wins — 62 by KO/TKO (76%), 19 on the cards (23%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 97 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

62 by KO/TKO 76%19 on the cards 23%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Curley Lee1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Curley Lee: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, Curley Lee 2 — 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

Cleveland Williams has won three straight since losses to Jack O'Halloran and George Chuvalo. Williams last boxed on Oct 28, 1973.LLWWW

O'Halloran Sep 1971Chuvalo Nov 1971Daniels May 1972Mashburn Jul 1972Davila Oct 19733.9 tracked bouts per year

Curley Lee last boxed on Oct 14, 1959 — 24,481 days ago. Lee had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Cleveland Williams.WL

Burton Feb 1958Williams Oct 19591.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Curley Lee ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Curley Lee met once on October 14, 1959, and Cleveland Williams won by KO.
The meeting

WOct 14, 1959 · Williams · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Lee?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Curley Lee is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Cleveland Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams82–13–285.6%

Lee1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Lee?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Curley Lee has 1. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Lee1

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Lee have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cleveland Williams and Curley Lee have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Lee?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 2 bouts tracked for Curley Lee. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Lee2bouts

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