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Cleveland Williams vs Mel Turnbow — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Mel Turnbow

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Mel Turnbow (0-7 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Turnbow

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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 Mel Turnbow have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Cleveland Williams and Mel Turnbow have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1966Mar 22Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mel TurnbowFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 4 · Turnbow 1 of 5 measurable rows
WilliamsTurnbow
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)0-7
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
6 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
3.9 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
7

† 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″
Mel Turnbow: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Mel Turnbow: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Mel Turnbow: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Mel Turnbow 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%

Mel Turnbow0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Mel Turnbow: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Turnbow yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cleveland Williams 97, Mel Turnbow 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Williams

Opponent

Turnbow

  • Cleveland Williams

    Loss, UD

    1971

    ChuvaloEven

    Mel Turnbow

    Loss, KO 7

    1966

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

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

Mel Turnbow last boxed on May 10, 1972 — 19,886 days ago. Turnbow had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Chuvalo Aug 1966Mathis Apr 1968Bodell Aug 1968Foreman Dec 1970Lyle May 19721.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Mel Turnbow ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Mel Turnbow met once on March 22, 1966, and Cleveland Williams won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 22, 1966 · Williams · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Turnbow?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Mel Turnbow is 0-7 across the 7 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%

Turnbow0–70%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Turnbow?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Mel Turnbow has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Turnbow0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Turnbow have any common opponents?
Cleveland Williams and Mel Turnbow share 1 common opponent: George Chuvalo. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

George ChuvaloLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Turnbow?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 7 bouts tracked for Mel Turnbow. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Turnbow7bouts

How They Win ↓

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