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Darren Barker vs John Paul Temple — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧MIDDLEWEIGHT

Darren Barker

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

John Paul Temple

Darren Barker (26-2) and John Paul Temple (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Barker

26

Wins16 KO · 62%

2

Losses

0

Draws28 tracked bouts

Temple

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Barker leads 1–0

Darren Barker and John Paul Temple have met 1 time; Barker leads 1–0.

Darren Barker and John Paul Temple have met 1 time; Barker leads 1–0.
Met2005Dec 2Series
Darren BarkerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John Paul TempleFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Barker 4 · Temple 1 of 5 measurable rows
BarkerTemple
Record†
26-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
92.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 16
16 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
61.54%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
62%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
1

† 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
Darren Barker: 6′0″
John Paul Temple: No height on file
Reachnot held
Darren Barker: 73″
John Paul Temple: No reach on file
Agenot held
Darren Barker: 44
John Paul Temple: No date of birth
Stance
Darren Barker: Orthodox
John Paul Temple: Not recorded

Darren Barker left, John Paul Temple right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Darren Barker26 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Darren Barker: 26 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (62%) and 10 on the cards (38%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 62%10 on the cards 38%

John Paul Temple0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Paul Temple: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Temple yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Darren Barker 28, John Paul Temple 1 — 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

Darren Barker last boxed on Dec 7, 2013 — 4,701 days ago. Barker had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Felix Sturm.LWWWL

Martínez Oct 2011Hope Dec 2012Rotolo Mar 2013Geale Aug 2013Sturm Dec 20133 tracked bouts per year

John Paul Temple last boxed on Dec 2, 2005 — 7,628 days ago. Temple had lost the most recent, to Darren Barker.L

Barker Dec 2005

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Darren Barker and John Paul Temple ever fought each other?
Yes. Darren Barker and John Paul Temple met once on December 2, 2005, and Darren Barker won by TKO.
The meeting

WDec 2, 2005 · Barker · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barker or Temple?
Darren Barker is 26-2 and John Paul Temple is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Darren Barker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barker26–292.9%

Temple0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barker or Temple?
Darren Barker has 16 knockout wins and John Paul Temple has 0. Darren Barker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barker1661.5%

Temple0

The Numbers ↓
Do Barker and Temple have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Darren Barker and John Paul Temple have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barker and Temple?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Darren Barker and 1 bout tracked for John Paul Temple. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barker28bouts

Temple1bout

How They Win ↓

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