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Elmer Ray vs Phil Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Phil Johnson

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Phil Johnson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

0–3

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

Ray leads 1–0

Elmer Ray and Phil Johnson have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Elmer Ray and Phil Johnson have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1943Apr 26Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Phil JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ray 4 · Johnson 1 of 5 measurable rows
RayJohnson
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
8.8 (edge)
0.3
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
Phil Johnson: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Phil Johnson: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, Phil Johnson 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%

Phil Johnson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Phil Johnson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Ray 135, Phil Johnson 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Johnson better on 1

Ray

Opponent

Johnson

  • Elmer Ray

    1–2 against

    Loss, MD

    1947

    Win, SD

    1946

    Loss, KO 3

    1937

    WalcottJohnson better

    Phil Johnson

    Loss, TKO 3

    1936

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

Phil Johnson last boxed on Apr 26, 1943 — 30,492 days ago. Johnson had lost three straight.LLL

Delaney Mar 1932Walcott Jun 1936Ray Apr 19430.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Phil Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Phil Johnson met once on April 26, 1943, and Elmer Ray won by PTS.
The meeting

WApr 26, 1943 · Ray · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Johnson?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Phil Johnson is 0-3 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%

Johnson0–30%

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

Ray6970.4%

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Johnson have any common opponents?
Elmer Ray and Phil Johnson share 1 common opponent: Jersey Joe Walcott. Phil Johnson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jersey Joe Walcott1–2L

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

Ray135bouts

Johnson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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