Have Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine ever fought each other?

Yes. Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine have met 2 times and Joe Erskine leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Purnell or Erskine?

Cliff Purnell is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Erskine is 45-8-1. Joe Erskine has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Purnell and Erskine have any common opponents?

Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine share 2 common opponents: Henry Cooper and Joe Bygraves. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Purnell and Erskine?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cliff Purnell and 54 bouts tracked for Joe Erskine. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Cliff Purnell vs Joe Erskine — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Cliff Purnell

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Joe Erskine

Cliff Purnell (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) and Joe Erskine (45-8-1) 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

Erskine

Wins

Losses

Draw54 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

Erskine leads 2–0

Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine have met 2 times; Erskine leads 2–0.
Met	1954Dec 7	1955Feb 15	Series
Cliff PurnellFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Joe ErskineFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	PTSErskine vs Purnell	PTSErskine vs Purnell	2Meetings

The Numbers

Purnell 1 · Erskine 5 of 6 measurable rows

PurnellEdge = longer wingErskine

Record^†: 1-445-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
84.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: —0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
29% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 6: 1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 5.1: 3.5
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54: 5
54

† 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: Cliff Purnell: No date of birth; Joe Erskine: 92
Stance: Cliff Purnell: Not recorded; Joe Erskine: Orthodox

Cliff Purnell left, Joe Erskine 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

1 on the cards 100%

Joe Erskine45 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

13 by KO/TKO 29%30 on the cards 67%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cliff Purnell 5, Joe Erskine 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Purnell better on 1 · Erskine better on 12 shared · Cliff Purnell better on 1 · Joe Erskine better on 1

PurnellCliff Purnell

Opponent

ErskineJoe Erskine

Cliff Purnell
Loss, PTS
1955Feb 1955
CooperHenry CooperUnited Kingdom 40–14–1 · HeavyweightPurnell betterCliff Purnell better — 0–1 to 2–3
Joe Erskine
2–3 against
Loss, TKO 9
1962Apr 1962
Loss, TKO 5
1961Mar 1961
Loss, TKO 12
1959Nov 1959
Win, PTS
1957Sep 1957
Win, PTS
1955Nov 1955
Cliff Purnell
1–1 against
Loss, KO
1953Oct 1953
Win, PTS
1953Sep 1953
BygravesJoe BygravesUnited Kingdom 42–28–2 · HeavyweightErskine betterJoe Erskine better — 1–0 to 1–1
Joe Erskine
Win, PTS
1957Nov 1957

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 — 26,186 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 Erskine last boxed on Oct 27, 1964 — 22,644 days ago. Erskine had won two in a row before losing a decision to Billy Walker.WLWWL

Mack Aug 1963Mildenberger Oct 1963Bodell Mar 1964Prescott Apr 1964Walker Oct 19645.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine ever fought each other?: Yes. Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine have met 2 times and Joe Erskine leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Purnell or Erskine?: Cliff Purnell is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Erskine is 45-8-1. Joe Erskine has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Purnell and Erskine have any common opponents?: Cliff Purnell and Joe Erskine share 2 common opponents: Henry Cooper and Joe Bygraves. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Purnell and Erskine?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cliff Purnell and 54 bouts tracked for Joe Erskine. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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