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Craig Payne vs Melton Bowen — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Craig Payne

Melton Bowen

Craig Payne (11-20-2) and Melton Bowen (1-6 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.

Payne

11

Wins8 KO · 73%

20

Losses

2

Draws33 tracked bouts

Bowen

Tracked record

1–6

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

Payne leads 1–0

Craig Payne and Melton Bowen have met 1 time; Payne leads 1–0.

Craig Payne and Melton Bowen have met 1 time; Payne leads 1–0.
Met1993Aug 28Series
Craig PayneFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Melton BowenFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Payne 4 · Bowen 2 of 6 measurable rows
PayneBowen
Record†
11-20-2 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
36.4% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 8
8 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
72.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
73%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
7
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 33
33
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
Craig Payne: 6′2″
Melton Bowen: No height on file
Agenot held
Craig Payne: Died aged 55
Melton Bowen: No date of birth
Stance
Craig Payne: Orthodox
Melton Bowen: Not recorded

Craig Payne left, Melton Bowen 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 Payne11 wins · from 33 tracked bouts

Craig Payne: 11 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (73%) and 3 on the cards (27%). Counted from 33 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 73%3 on the cards 27%

Melton Bowen1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Melton Bowen: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 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 — Craig Payne 33, Melton Bowen 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Payne

Opponent

Bowen

  • Craig Payne

    Loss, UD

    1995

    BriggsEven

    Melton Bowen

    Loss, TKO 1

    1997

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

Craig Payne has lost 12 straight. Payne last boxed on Feb 10, 2001.LLLLL

Weida Jun 1999Oquendo Jul 1999Mason Oct 1999Curry Feb 2000Purlette Feb 20012.1 tracked bouts per year

Melton Bowen last boxed on Apr 15, 1997 — 10,782 days ago. Bowen had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Jaco Jan 1993Tubbs Apr 1993Thunder Jul 1993Payne Aug 1993Briggs Apr 19971 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Craig Payne and Melton Bowen ever fought each other?
Yes. Craig Payne and Melton Bowen met once on August 28, 1993, and Craig Payne won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 28, 1993 · Payne · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Payne or Bowen?
Craig Payne is 11-20-2 and Melton Bowen is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Craig Payne has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Payne11–20–236.4%

Bowen1–614.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Payne or Bowen?
Craig Payne has 8 knockout wins and Melton Bowen has 1. Craig Payne has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Payne872.7%

Bowen1

The Numbers ↓
Do Payne and Bowen have any common opponents?
Craig Payne and Melton Bowen share 1 common opponent: Shannon Briggs. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Shannon BriggsLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Payne and Bowen?
This comparison is drawn from 33 bouts tracked for Craig Payne and 7 bouts tracked for Melton Bowen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Payne33bouts

Bowen7bouts

How They Win ↓

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