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Curtis Cokes vs Mel Ferguson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Curtis Cokes

Mel Ferguson

Curtis Cokes (62-14-4) and Mel Ferguson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Cokes

62

Wins30 KO · 48%

14

Losses

4

Draws80 tracked bouts

Ferguson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Mel Ferguson have met 1 time; Cokes leads 1–0.

Curtis Cokes and Mel Ferguson have met 1 time; Cokes leads 1–0.
Met1959Sep 14Series
Curtis CokesFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mel FergusonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cokes 5 · Ferguson 1 of 6 measurable rows
CokesFerguson
Record†
62-14-4 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
80% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.39%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
48%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.5
5.5 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
80
3

† 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
Mel Ferguson: No date of birth
Stance
Curtis Cokes: Orthodox
Mel Ferguson: Not recorded

Curtis Cokes left, Mel Ferguson 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%

Mel Ferguson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Mel Ferguson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ferguson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Curtis Cokes 80, Mel Ferguson 3 — 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

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

Mel Ferguson last boxed on May 2, 1966 — 22,085 days ago. Ferguson had lost three straight.LLL

Cokes Sep 1959Mazzinghi Apr 1965Perkins May 19660.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Curtis Cokes and Mel Ferguson ever fought each other?
Yes. Curtis Cokes and Mel Ferguson met once on September 14, 1959, and Curtis Cokes won by UD.
The meeting

WSep 14, 1959 · Cokes · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cokes or Ferguson?
Curtis Cokes is 62-14-4 and Mel Ferguson is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Ferguson0–30%

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

Cokes3048.4%

Ferguson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cokes and Ferguson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Curtis Cokes and Mel Ferguson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cokes and Ferguson?
This comparison is drawn from 80 bouts tracked for Curtis Cokes and 3 bouts tracked for Mel Ferguson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cokes80bouts

Ferguson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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