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.
Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) and John Lester Johnson (1-11-1 across 13 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.
Floyd Patterson vs John Lester Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Floyd Patterson leads 1–0- Floyd Patterson wonPatterson vs JohnsonOct 31, 1952 · TKO · R3
The Numbers
- 55-8-1 (edge)
- Record
- 1-11-1
- 86.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 11.5%
- 40 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 72.73%
- KO rate
- —
- 72% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 7
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.3
- 68
- Bouts tracked
- 13
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
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 91
- Age
- 133
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyFloyd Patterson · 57 wins
KO/TKO
41
Decision
16
Other
0
John Lester Johnson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (68 and 13 respectively), 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
Floyd Patterson
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L2 streak · last fought Sep 20, 1972
John Lester Johnson
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L4 streak · last fought Oct 31, 1952
Common Questions
- Have Floyd Patterson and John Lester Johnson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Floyd Patterson and John Lester Johnson met once on October 31, 1952, and Floyd Patterson won by TKO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Floyd Patterson or John Lester Johnson?
- Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1 and John Lester Johnson is 1-11-1 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Floyd Patterson or John Lester Johnson?
- Floyd Patterson has 40 knockout wins and John Lester Johnson has 0. Floyd Patterson has more.
- Do Floyd Patterson and John Lester Johnson have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Floyd Patterson and John Lester Johnson have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Floyd Patterson and John Lester Johnson?
- This comparison is drawn from 68 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson and 13 bouts tracked for John Lester Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.