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.
Ernest Burford (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and George Benton (61-13-1 across 75 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.
Ernest Burford vs George Benton — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
George Benton leads 1–0- George Benton wonBenton vs BurfordMar 16, 1964 · KO · R4
The Numbers
- 1-7
- Record
- 61-13-1 (edge)
- 12.5%
- Win %
- 82% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 35 (edge)
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 59% (edge)
- 5
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 3.6 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 75
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
- —
- Age
- 93
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyErnest Burford · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
George Benton · 61 wins
KO/TKO
36
Decision
25
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 75 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedErnest Burford
LKO R8 · Feb 1966LTKO R2 · Aug 1962WUD · Jun 1962George Benton
LSD · May 1963
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ernest Burford
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Apr 11, 1966
George Benton
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Apr 3, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Ernest Burford and George Benton ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ernest Burford and George Benton met once on March 16, 1964, and George Benton won by KO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Ernest Burford or George Benton?
- Ernest Burford is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and George Benton is 61-13-1 across the 75 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Benton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Ernest Burford or George Benton?
- Ernest Burford has 0 knockout wins and George Benton has 35. George Benton has more.
- Do Ernest Burford and George Benton have any common opponents?
- Ernest Burford and George Benton share 4 common opponents: Freddie Little, Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Rubin Carter (and 1 other). George Benton fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ernest Burford and George Benton?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Ernest Burford and 75 bouts tracked for George Benton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.