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Dave Lee Royster vs Marvin Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Lee Royster

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Marvin Johnson

Dave Lee Royster (1-8-1 across 10 tracked bouts) and Marvin Johnson (43-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Royster

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

43

Wins35 KO · 81%

6

Losses

0

Draws50 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Dave Lee Royster and Marvin Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Dave Lee Royster and Marvin Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1980Sep 9Series
Dave Lee RoysterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marvin JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Royster 1 · Johnson 6 of 7 measurable rows
RoysterJohnson
Record†
1-8-143-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15%
87.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
1
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—81.4%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
82%
Times stopped‡max 6
6
5 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.6
1.2
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
10
50

† 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
Dave Lee Royster: No height on file
Marvin Johnson: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Dave Lee Royster: No reach on file
Marvin Johnson: 72″
Agenot held
Dave Lee Royster: No date of birth
Marvin Johnson: 72
Stance
Dave Lee Royster: Not recorded
Marvin Johnson: Southpaw

Dave Lee Royster left, Marvin Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dave Lee Royster1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Dave Lee Royster: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Marvin Johnson44 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Marvin Johnson: 44 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (82%) and 8 on the cards (18%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 82%8 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Lee Royster 10, Marvin Johnson 50 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Royster better on 1 · Johnson better on 1 · even on 2

Royster

Opponent

Johnson

  • Dave Lee Royster

    Loss, KO

    1979

    MuhammadEven

    Marvin Johnson

    Loss, TKO 11

    1980

  • Dave Lee Royster

    Loss, TKO

    1979

    MwaleEven

    Marvin Johnson

    Loss, PTS

    1978

  • Dave Lee Royster

    Loss, UD

    1977

    MuhammadRoyster better

    Marvin Johnson

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1979

    Loss, TKO

    1977

  • Dave Lee Royster

    Loss, TKO 6

    1975

    DouglasJohnson better

    Marvin Johnson

    Win, TKO 5

    1977

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

Dave Lee Royster last boxed on Aug 10, 1981 — 16,506 days ago. Royster had lost six straight.LLLLL

Muhammad Nov 1977Mwale Jun 1979Muhammad Jul 1979Johnson Sep 1980Scott Aug 19811.2 tracked bouts per year

Marvin Johnson last boxed on May 23, 1987 — 14,394 days ago. Johnson had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Leslie Stewart.WWWWL

Searcy Oct 1985Lux Dec 1985Stewart Feb 1986Emébé Sep 1986Stewart May 19873.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Lee Royster and Marvin Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Lee Royster and Marvin Johnson met once on September 9, 1980, and Marvin Johnson won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LSep 9, 1980 · Johnson · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Royster or Johnson?
Dave Lee Royster is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Marvin Johnson is 43-6. Marvin Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Royster1–8–115%

Johnson43–687.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Royster or Johnson?
Dave Lee Royster has 1 knockout win and Marvin Johnson has 35. Marvin Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Royster1

Johnson3581.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Royster and Johnson have any common opponents?
Dave Lee Royster and Marvin Johnson share 4 common opponents: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Lottie Mwale and Matthew Saad Muhammad (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Eddie Mustafa MuhammadLL

Lottie MwaleLL

Matthew Saad MuhammadLL

William DouglasLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Royster and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Dave Lee Royster and 50 bouts tracked for Marvin Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Royster10bouts

Johnson50bouts

How They Win ↓

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