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.
Earl Puryear (0-6-3 across 9 tracked bouts) and Joe Burman (36-3-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.
Earl Puryear vs Joe Burman — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawBurman vs PuryearSep 16, 1918 · PTS
The Numbers
- 0-6-3
- Record
- 36-3-6 (edge)
- 16.7%
- Win %
- 86.7% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 21 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 58.33%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 23%
- 0
- Times stopped
- 0
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.5
- Bouts per year
- 15.5 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 129
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′4″ (163 cm)
- —
- Age
- 127
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyEarl Puryear · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Joe Burman · 91 wins
KO/TKO
21
Decision
14
Other
56
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 129 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedEarl Puryear
LNWS · Dec 1919DNWS · Apr 1919Joe Burman
LNWS · Jan 1920DPTS · Jan 1920LNWS · Dec 1919LNWS · May 1919
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Earl Puryear
LLLLD
L4 streak · last fought Oct 19, 1923
Joe Burman
DLWLL
No active streak · last fought Mar 25, 1924
Common Questions
- Have Earl Puryear and Joe Burman ever fought each other?
- Yes. Earl Puryear and Joe Burman met once on September 16, 1918, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Earl Puryear or Joe Burman?
- Earl Puryear is 0-6-3 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Burman is 36-3-6. Joe Burman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Earl Puryear or Joe Burman?
- Earl Puryear has 0 knockout wins and Joe Burman has 21. Joe Burman has more.
- Do Earl Puryear and Joe Burman have any common opponents?
- Earl Puryear and Joe Burman share 4 common opponents: Abe Goldstein, Kid Williams and Pete Herman (and 1 other). Joe Burman fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Earl Puryear and Joe Burman?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear and 129 bouts tracked for Joe Burman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.