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Cliff Purnell vs Joe Bygraves — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cliff Purnell

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Joe Bygraves

Cliff Purnell (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Purnell

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 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

Series level 1–1

Cliff Purnell and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Cliff Purnell and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1953Sep 171953Oct 29Series
Cliff PurnellFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Joe BygravesFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultPTSKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Purnell 1 · Bygraves 6 of 7 measurable rows
PurnellBygraves
Record†
1-442-28-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
59.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
52% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.1
3.5
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
5
72

† 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
Cliff Purnell: No height on file
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″
Agenot held
Cliff Purnell: No date of birth
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Stance
Cliff Purnell: Not recorded
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox

Cliff Purnell left, Joe Bygraves right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cliff Purnell1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Cliff Purnell: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Joe Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cliff Purnell 5, Joe Bygraves 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Bygraves better on 2

Purnell

Opponent

Bygraves

  • Cliff Purnell

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    Loss, PTS

    1954

    ErskineBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1957

  • Cliff Purnell

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    CooperBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 9

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1955

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

Cliff Purnell last boxed on Feb 15, 1955 — 26,184 days ago. Purnell had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Bygraves Sep 1953Bygraves Oct 1953Erskine Dec 1954Cooper Feb 1955Erskine Feb 19553.5 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cliff Purnell and Joe Bygraves ever fought each other?
Yes. Cliff Purnell and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LOct 29, 1953 · Bygraves · KO

WSep 17, 1953 · Purnell · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Purnell or Bygraves?
Cliff Purnell is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2. Joe Bygraves has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Purnell1–420%

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Purnell or Bygraves?
Cliff Purnell has 0 knockout wins and Joe Bygraves has 22. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Purnell0

Bygraves2252.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Purnell and Bygraves have any common opponents?
Cliff Purnell and Joe Bygraves share 2 common opponents: Joe Erskine and Henry Cooper. Joe Bygraves fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Joe ErskineLL

Henry CooperL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Purnell and Bygraves?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cliff Purnell and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Purnell5bouts

Bygraves72bouts

How They Win ↓

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