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Dan Merritt vs Elmer Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dan Merritt

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Elmer Ray

Dan Merritt (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Elmer Ray (98-23-11) 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.

Merritt

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Ray leads 1–0

Dan Merritt and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Dan Merritt and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1946Feb 19Series
Dan MerrittFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Elmer RayFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Merritt 1 · Ray 3 of 4 measurable rows
MerrittRay
Record†
0-298-23-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 69
0
69 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
2
135

† 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
Dan Merritt: No date of birth
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Stance
Dan Merritt: Not recorded
Elmer Ray: Orthodox

Dan Merritt left, Elmer Ray right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dan Merritt0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Dan Merritt: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Merritt yet.

Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dan Merritt 2, Elmer Ray 135 — 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

Dan Merritt last boxed on Feb 19, 1946 — 29,464 days ago. Merritt had lost two straight.LL

Godoy Sep 1945Ray Feb 1946

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dan Merritt and Elmer Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Dan Merritt and Elmer Ray met once on February 19, 1946, and Elmer Ray won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 19, 1946 · Ray · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Merritt or Ray?
Dan Merritt is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Elmer Ray is 98-23-11. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Merritt0–20%

Ray98–23–1178.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Merritt or Ray?
Dan Merritt has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Merritt0

Ray6970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Merritt and Ray have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dan Merritt and Elmer Ray have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Merritt and Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Dan Merritt and 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Merritt2bouts

Ray135bouts

How They Win ↓

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