Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Craig Brinson vs Lionel Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Craig Brinson

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Lionel Butler

Craig Brinson (0-9 across 9 tracked bouts) and Lionel Butler (32-17-1) 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.

Brinson

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

32

Wins25 KO · 78%

17

Losses

1

Draw51 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

Butler leads 1–0

Craig Brinson and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

Craig Brinson and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met2002Jan 23Series
Craig BrinsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lionel ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Brinson 1 · Butler 5 of 6 measurable rows
BrinsonButler
Record†
0-932-17-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—78%
Times stopped‡max 8
7 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
0.9
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
9
51

† 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
Craig Brinson: No height on file
Lionel Butler: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Craig Brinson: No reach on file
Lionel Butler: 72″
Age2 yrs apart
Craig Brinson: 61
Lionel Butler: 59
Stance
Craig Brinson: Not recorded
Lionel Butler: Orthodox

Craig Brinson left, Lionel Butler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Craig Brinson0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Craig Brinson: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brinson yet.

Lionel Butler32 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Lionel Butler: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Craig Brinson 9, Lionel Butler 51 — 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

Craig Brinson last boxed on May 3, 2002 — 8,941 days ago. Brinson had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Davis Feb 2000Calloway Aug 2001Brock Oct 2001Butler Jan 2002Welliver May 20020.9 tracked bouts per year

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,979 days ago. Butler had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Ward Aug 2003Purlette Sep 2003Kassi Sep 2009Fedosov Jan 2010Wills Jun 20102.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Craig Brinson and Lionel Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. Craig Brinson and Lionel Butler met once on January 23, 2002, and Lionel Butler won by UD.
The meeting

LJan 23, 2002 · Butler · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brinson or Butler?
Craig Brinson is 0-9 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Butler is 32-17-1. Lionel Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Brinson0–90%

Butler32–17–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brinson or Butler?
Craig Brinson has 0 knockout wins and Lionel Butler has 25. Lionel Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brinson0

Butler2578.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Brinson and Butler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Craig Brinson and Lionel Butler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brinson and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Craig Brinson and 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brinson9bouts

Butler51bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Brinson with…

Compare Butler with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.