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.
Don Johnson (2-8 across 10 tracked bouts) and Lionel Rose (42-11) 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.
Don Johnson vs Lionel Rose — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lionel Rose leads 1–0- Lionel Rose wonRose vs JohnsonMar 7, 1970 · UD
The Numbers
- 2-8
- Record
- 42-11 (edge)
- 20%
- Win %
- 79.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 12 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 28.57%
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 4.3 (edge)
- 10
- Bouts tracked
- 53
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′5″ (166 cm)
- —
- Age
- 78
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Australia
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDon Johnson · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Lionel Rose · 42 wins
KO/TKO
12
Decision
30
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (10 and 53 respectively), 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
Don Johnson
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L7 streak · last fought Dec 23, 1981
Lionel Rose
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L2 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1976
Common Questions
- Have Don Johnson and Lionel Rose ever fought each other?
- Yes. Don Johnson and Lionel Rose met once on March 7, 1970, and Lionel Rose won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Don Johnson or Lionel Rose?
- Don Johnson is 2-8 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Rose is 42-11. Lionel Rose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Don Johnson or Lionel Rose?
- Don Johnson has 1 knockout win and Lionel Rose has 12. Lionel Rose has more.
- Do Don Johnson and Lionel Rose have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Johnson and Lionel Rose have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Don Johnson and Lionel Rose?
- This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Don Johnson and 53 bouts tracked for Lionel Rose. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.