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Denny Moyer vs Fred Roots — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸SUPER WELTERWEIGHT

Denny Moyer

Fred Roots

Denny Moyer (98-38-4) and Fred Roots (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Moyer

98

Wins25 KO · 26%

38

Losses

4

Draws141 tracked bouts

Roots

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts 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

Moyer leads 1–0

Denny Moyer and Fred Roots have met 1 time; Moyer leads 1–0.

Denny Moyer and Fred Roots have met 1 time; Moyer leads 1–0.
Met1965Feb 23Series
Denny MoyerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Fred RootsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Moyer 5 · Roots 1 of 6 measurable rows
MoyerRoots
Record†
98-38-4 (edge)0-2-1
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
25.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
26%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8
8 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 141
141
3

† 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

Reachnot held
Denny Moyer: 72″
Fred Roots: No reach on file
Agenot held
Denny Moyer: Died aged 70
Fred Roots: No date of birth
Stance
Denny Moyer: Orthodox
Fred Roots: Not recorded

Denny Moyer left, Fred Roots right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Denny Moyer98 wins · from 141 tracked bouts

Denny Moyer: 98 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (26%) and 73 on the cards (74%). Counted from 141 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 26%73 on the cards 74%

Fred Roots0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Fred Roots: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roots yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Denny Moyer 141, Fred Roots 3 — 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

Denny Moyer has lost two straight, after one straight win. Moyer last boxed on Mar 18, 1975.WLWLL

Medina Oct 1974Knudsen Nov 1974DiFazio Dec 1974Rodriguez Feb 1975Csandl Mar 19758 tracked bouts per year

Fred Roots last boxed on Sep 23, 1965 — 22,306 days ago. Roots had lost two straight.DLL

Fullmer Apr 1964Moyer Feb 1965Olson Sep 19652.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Denny Moyer and Fred Roots ever fought each other?
Yes. Denny Moyer and Fred Roots met once on February 23, 1965, and Denny Moyer won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 23, 1965 · Moyer · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moyer or Roots?
Denny Moyer is 98-38-4 and Fred Roots is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Denny Moyer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Moyer98–38–471.4%

Roots0–2–116.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Moyer or Roots?
Denny Moyer has 25 knockout wins and Fred Roots has 0. Denny Moyer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Moyer2525.5%

Roots0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moyer and Roots have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Denny Moyer and Fred Roots have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moyer and Roots?
This comparison is drawn from 141 bouts tracked for Denny Moyer and 3 bouts tracked for Fred Roots. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moyer141bouts

Roots3bouts

How They Win ↓

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