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Elmer Ray vs Kid Riviera — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Kid Riviera

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Kid Riviera (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Riviera

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Series level 1–1

Elmer Ray and Kid Riviera have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Elmer Ray and Kid Riviera have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1944Dec 81949Feb 22Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Kid RivieraFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultTKOR6UD2Meetings

The Numbers

Ray 5 · Riviera 1 of 6 measurable rows
RayRiviera
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
33.3%
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)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
3

† 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
Kid Riviera: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Kid Riviera: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, Kid Riviera 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%

Kid Riviera1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Kid Riviera: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 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, Kid Riviera 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ray better on 1

Ray

Opponent

Riviera

  • Elmer Ray

    Win, KO 2

    1946

    SavoldRay better

    Kid Riviera

    Loss, KO 3

    1945

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Kid Riviera last boxed on Feb 22, 1949 — 28,364 days ago. Riviera had won once since losses to Elmer Ray and Lee Savold.LLW

Ray Dec 1944Savold Nov 1945Ray Feb 19490.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Kid Riviera ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Kid Riviera have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LFeb 22, 1949 · Riviera · UD

WDec 8, 1944 · Ray · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Riviera?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Kid Riviera is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Riviera1–233.3%

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

Ray6970.4%

Riviera0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Riviera have any common opponents?
Elmer Ray and Kid Riviera share 1 common opponent: Lee Savold. Elmer Ray fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lee SavoldWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Riviera?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 3 bouts tracked for Kid Riviera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Riviera3bouts

How They Win ↓

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