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Elmer Ray vs Jay D. Turner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Jay D. Turner

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Jay D. Turner (1-3 across 4 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.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Turner

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Ray leads 1–0

Elmer Ray and Jay D. Turner have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Elmer Ray and Jay D. Turner have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1944Apr 28Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jay D. TurnerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Ray 5 · Turner 1 of 6 measurable rows
RayTurner
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
70% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
8.8 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
4

† 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
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Jay D. Turner: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Jay D. Turner: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, Jay D. Turner right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jay D. Turner1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Jay D. Turner: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Ray 135, Jay D. Turner 4 — 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

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Jay D. Turner last boxed on Apr 28, 1944 — 30,124 days ago. Turner had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Levinsky Jun 1939Conn Jan 1942Burley Mar 1942Ray Apr 19440.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Jay D. Turner ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Jay D. Turner met once on April 28, 1944, and Elmer Ray won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WApr 28, 1944 · Ray · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Turner?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Jay D. Turner is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ray98–23–1178.4%

Turner1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ray or Turner?
Elmer Ray has 69 knockout wins and Jay D. Turner has 0. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ray6970.4%

Turner0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Turner have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elmer Ray and Jay D. Turner have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Turner?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 4 bouts tracked for Jay D. Turner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Turner4bouts

How They Win ↓

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