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David Noel vs Nigel Benn — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Noel

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Benn

David Noel (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Nigel Benn (42-5-1) 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.

Noel

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Benn

42

Wins35 KO · 83%

5

Losses

1

Draw48 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

Benn leads 1–0

David Noel and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.

David Noel and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.
Met1988Dec 10Series
David NoelFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nigel BennFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Noel 2 · Benn 5 of 7 measurable rows
NoelBenn
Record†
1-242-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
1
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—83.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
83%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.9
0.3
4.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
3
48

† 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 Noel: No height on file
Nigel Benn: 5′10″
Reachnot held
David Noel: No reach on file
Nigel Benn: 73″
Agenot held
David Noel: No date of birth
Nigel Benn: 62
Stance
David Noel: Not recorded
Nigel Benn: Orthodox

David Noel left, Nigel Benn 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 Noel1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

David Noel: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Nigel Benn42 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Nigel Benn: 42 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (83%) and 7 on the cards (17%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 83%7 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Noel 3, Nigel Benn 48 — 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 Noel last boxed on Nov 29, 1997 — 10,551 days ago. Noel had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Guillermo Jones.LWL

Benn Dec 1988Jones Sep 1997Jones Nov 19970.3 tracked bouts per year

Nigel Benn last boxed on Nov 9, 1996 — 10,936 days ago. Benn had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Nardiello Jul 1995Perez Sep 1995Malinga Mar 1996Collins Jul 1996Collins Nov 19964.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Noel and Nigel Benn ever fought each other?
Yes. David Noel and Nigel Benn met once on December 10, 1988, and Nigel Benn won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 10, 1988 · Benn · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Noel or Benn?
David Noel is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nigel Benn is 42-5-1. Nigel Benn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Noel1–233.3%

Benn42–5–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Noel or Benn?
David Noel has 1 knockout win and Nigel Benn has 35. Nigel Benn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Noel1

Benn3583.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Noel and Benn have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Noel and Nigel Benn have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Noel and Benn?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for David Noel and 48 bouts tracked for Nigel Benn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Noel3bouts

Benn48bouts

How They Win ↓

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