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Curtis Cokes vs Jimmy Lester — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Curtis Cokes

Jimmy Lester

Curtis Cokes (62-14-4) and Jimmy Lester (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.

Cokes

62

Wins30 KO · 48%

14

Losses

4

Draws80 tracked bouts

Lester

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

Cokes leads 1–0

Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester have met 1 time; Cokes leads 1–0.

Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester have met 1 time; Cokes leads 1–0.
Met1968Mar 15Series
Curtis CokesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jimmy LesterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cokes 6 · Lester 1 of 7 measurable rows
CokesLester
Record†
62-14-4 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
80% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.39%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.5
5.5 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
80
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

Agenot held
Curtis Cokes: Died aged 82
Jimmy Lester: No date of birth
Stance
Curtis Cokes: Orthodox
Jimmy Lester: Not recorded

Curtis Cokes left, Jimmy Lester right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Curtis Cokes62 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Curtis Cokes: 62 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (48%) and 32 on the cards (52%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 48%32 on the cards 52%

Jimmy Lester1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Jimmy Lester: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Curtis Cokes 80, Jimmy Lester 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Cokes better on 1

Cokes

Opponent

Lester

  • Curtis Cokes

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO

    1966

    Loss, UD

    1961

    Win, SD

    1961

    RodríguezCokes better

    Jimmy Lester

    Loss, UD

    1967

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

Curtis Cokes has won two straight since three straight losses. Cokes last boxed on Oct 5, 1972.LLLWW

Salinas Dec 1971Gutierrez May 1972Makhatini Sep 1972Hali Sep 1972Mzinyane Oct 19725.5 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Lester last boxed on Feb 8, 1973 — 19,613 days ago. Lester had lost six straight.LLLLL

Rodríguez Jun 1967Briscoe Nov 1967Cokes Mar 1968Moyer Mar 1971Burnett Feb 19730.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester ever fought each other?
Yes. Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester met once on March 15, 1968, and Curtis Cokes won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 15, 1968 · Cokes · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cokes or Lester?
Curtis Cokes is 62-14-4 and Jimmy Lester is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Curtis Cokes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cokes62–14–480%

Lester1–614.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cokes or Lester?
Curtis Cokes has 30 knockout wins and Jimmy Lester has 0. Curtis Cokes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cokes3048.4%

Lester0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cokes and Lester have any common opponents?
Curtis Cokes and Jimmy Lester share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Curtis Cokes fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Luis Manuel Rodríguez2–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cokes and Lester?
This comparison is drawn from 80 bouts tracked for Curtis Cokes and 7 bouts tracked for Jimmy Lester. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cokes80bouts

Lester7bouts

How They Win ↓

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