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Ed Goins vs Vernon Forrest — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Goins

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Vernon Forrest

Ed Goins (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Vernon Forrest (41-3) 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.

Goins

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Forrest

41

Wins29 KO · 71%

3

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Forrest leads 1–0

Ed Goins and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.

Ed Goins and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.
Met1999Jun 19Series
Ed GoinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Vernon ForrestFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Goins 0 · Forrest 6 of 6 measurable rows
GoinsForrest
Record†
0-441-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1.8
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
4
45

† 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
Ed Goins: No reach on file
Vernon Forrest: 72″
Agenot held
Ed Goins: No date of birth
Vernon Forrest: Died aged 38
Stance
Ed Goins: Not recorded
Vernon Forrest: Orthodox

Ed Goins left, Vernon Forrest right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ed Goins0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ed Goins: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Goins yet.

Vernon Forrest41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Vernon Forrest: 41 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (71%) and 12 on the cards (29%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 71%12 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ed Goins 4, Vernon Forrest 45 — 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

Ed Goins last boxed on Nov 16, 2000 — 9,468 days ago. Goins had lost four straight.LLLL

López Aug 1998Forrest Jun 1999Pendleton Mar 2000Lange Nov 20001.8 tracked bouts per year

Vernon Forrest has won once since losing a decision to Sergio Mora. Forrest last boxed on Sep 13, 2008.WWWLW

Quartey Aug 2006Baldomir Jul 2007Piccirillo Dec 2007Mora Jun 2008Mora Sep 20082.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ed Goins and Vernon Forrest ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Goins and Vernon Forrest met once on June 19, 1999, and Vernon Forrest won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LJun 19, 1999 · Forrest · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Goins or Forrest?
Ed Goins is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Vernon Forrest is 41-3. Vernon Forrest has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Goins0–40%

Forrest41–393.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Goins or Forrest?
Ed Goins has 0 knockout wins and Vernon Forrest has 29. Vernon Forrest has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Goins0

Forrest2970.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Goins and Forrest have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Goins and Vernon Forrest have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Goins and Forrest?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ed Goins and 45 bouts tracked for Vernon Forrest. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Goins4bouts

Forrest45bouts

How They Win ↓

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