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Dick Turpin vs Johnny Best — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dick Turpin

Johnny Best

Dick Turpin (81-21-5) and Johnny Best (1-2-2 across 5 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.

Turpin

81

Wins

21

Losses

5

Draws111 tracked bouts

Best

Tracked record

1–2–2

counted from 5 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

Best leads 1–0

Dick Turpin and Johnny Best have met 1 time; Best leads 1–0.

Dick Turpin and Johnny Best have met 1 time; Best leads 1–0.
Met1946Nov 19Series
Dick TurpinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny BestFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Turpin 3 · Best 3 of 6 measurable rows
TurpinBest
Record†
81-21-5 (edge)1-2-2
Win %0–100%
78% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 1
0
1 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
43%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
8
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.3
8.3 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 111
111
5

† 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

Agenot held
Dick Turpin: Died aged 69
Johnny Best: No date of birth
Stance
Dick Turpin: Orthodox
Johnny Best: Not recorded

Dick Turpin left, Johnny Best right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dick Turpin82 wins · from 111 tracked bouts

Dick Turpin: 82 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (43%), 45 on the cards (55%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 111 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 43%45 on the cards 55%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Johnny Best1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Best: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dick Turpin 111, Johnny Best 5 — 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

Dick Turpin has lost five straight. Turpin last boxed on Jan 29, 1951.LLLLL

Day Mar 1950Finch Apr 1950Delannoit May 1950Finch Jul 1950Bassey Jan 19518.3 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Best last boxed on Feb 18, 1947 — 29,100 days ago. Best had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Randy Turpin.DDLWL

Smith Mar 1915Smith May 1915Wilde Dec 1915Turpin Nov 1946Turpin Feb 19470.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dick Turpin and Johnny Best ever fought each other?
Yes. Dick Turpin and Johnny Best met once on November 19, 1946, and Johnny Best won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LNov 19, 1946 · Best · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Turpin or Best?
Dick Turpin is 81-21-5 and Johnny Best is 1-2-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Dick Turpin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Turpin81–21–578%

Best1–2–240%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Turpin or Best?
Dick Turpin has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Best has 1. Johnny Best has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Turpin0

Best1

The Numbers ↓
Do Turpin and Best have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dick Turpin and Johnny Best have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Turpin and Best?
This comparison is drawn from 111 bouts tracked for Dick Turpin and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Best. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Turpin111bouts

Best5bouts

How They Win ↓

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