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Don Grant vs Floyd Patterson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Grant

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Floyd Patterson

Don Grant (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) 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.

Grant

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Patterson

55

Wins40 KO · 73%

8

Losses

1

Draw64 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

Patterson leads 1–0

Don Grant and Floyd Patterson have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Don Grant and Floyd Patterson have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1955Jan 17Series
Don GrantFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Floyd PattersonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Grant 1 · Patterson 5 of 6 measurable rows
GrantPatterson
Record†
0-255-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—73%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
0.5
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
2
64

† 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
Don Grant: No reach on file
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Agenot held
Don Grant: No date of birth
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Stance
Don Grant: Not recorded
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox

Don Grant left, Floyd Patterson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Grant0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Grant: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Grant yet.

Floyd Patterson55 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Floyd Patterson: 55 tracked wins — 40 by KO/TKO (73%) and 15 on the cards (27%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

40 by KO/TKO 73%15 on the cards 27%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Grant 2, Floyd Patterson 64 — 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

Don Grant last boxed on Oct 28, 1958 — 24,827 days ago. Grant had lost two straight.LL

Patterson Jan 1955Olson Oct 19580.5 tracked bouts per year

Floyd Patterson had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Muhammad Ali. Patterson last boxed on Sep 20, 1972.WWWWL

Brown Aug 1971Harris Nov 1971Bonavena Feb 1972Agosto Jul 1972Ali Sep 19723.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Don Grant and Floyd Patterson ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Grant and Floyd Patterson met once on January 17, 1955, and Floyd Patterson won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LJan 17, 1955 · Patterson · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Grant or Patterson?
Don Grant is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Grant0–20%

Patterson55–8–186.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Grant or Patterson?
Don Grant has 0 knockout wins and Floyd Patterson has 40. Floyd Patterson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Grant0

Patterson4072.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Grant and Patterson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Grant and Floyd Patterson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Grant and Patterson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Grant and 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Grant2bouts

Patterson64bouts

How They Win ↓

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