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David Dixon vs Lionel Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Dixon

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Lionel Butler

David Dixon (2-3-1 across 6 tracked bouts) and Lionel Butler (32-17-1) 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.

Dixon

Tracked record

2–3–1

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

32

Wins25 KO · 78%

17

Losses

1

Draw51 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

Butler leads 1–0

David Dixon and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

David Dixon and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met1992May 11Series
David DixonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lionel ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQ1Meeting

The Numbers

Dixon 2 · Butler 5 of 7 measurable rows
DixonButler
Record†
2-3-132-17-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
41.7%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
2
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
78%
Times stopped‡max 8
1 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
0.6
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
6
51

† 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
David Dixon: No height on file
Lionel Butler: 5′11″
Reachnot held
David Dixon: No reach on file
Lionel Butler: 72″
Agenot held
David Dixon: No date of birth
Lionel Butler: 59
Stance
David Dixon: Not recorded
Lionel Butler: Orthodox

David Dixon left, Lionel Butler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Dixon2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

David Dixon: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

Lionel Butler32 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Lionel Butler: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Dixon 6, Lionel Butler 51 — 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

David Dixon last boxed on Jul 21, 2000 — 9,590 days ago. Dixon had lost two straight.WLDLL

Frye May 1990Butler May 1992Donald Mar 1995Tucker Jun 1996Whitaker Jul 20000.6 tracked bouts per year

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,977 days ago. Butler had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Ward Aug 2003Purlette Sep 2003Kassi Sep 2009Fedosov Jan 2010Wills Jun 20102.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Dixon and Lionel Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. David Dixon and Lionel Butler met once on May 11, 1992, and Lionel Butler won by DQ.
The meeting

LMay 11, 1992 · Butler · DQ

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dixon or Butler?
David Dixon is 2-3-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Butler is 32-17-1. Lionel Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dixon2–3–141.7%

Butler32–17–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dixon or Butler?
David Dixon has 2 knockout wins and Lionel Butler has 25. Lionel Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dixon2

Butler2578.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dixon and Butler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Dixon and Lionel Butler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dixon and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for David Dixon and 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dixon6bouts

Butler51bouts

How They Win ↓

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