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Francis Croes vs Paul Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Francis Croes

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Paul Butler

Francis Croes (0-9 across 9 tracked bouts) and Paul Butler (36-3) 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.

Croes

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

3

Losses

0

Draws39 tracked bouts

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

Butler leads 1–0

Francis Croes and Paul Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

Francis Croes and Paul Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met2011Apr 2Series
Francis CroesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Croes 0 · Butler 5 of 5 measurable rows
CroesButler
Record†
0-936-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
92.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—47.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3
1.6
3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
9
39

† 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

Heightnot held
Francis Croes: No height on file
Paul Butler: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Francis Croes: No reach on file
Paul Butler: 65″
Agenot held
Francis Croes: No date of birth
Paul Butler: 37
Stance
Francis Croes: Not recorded
Paul Butler: Orthodox

Francis Croes left, Paul Butler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Francis Croes0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Francis Croes: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Croes yet.

Paul Butler36 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Paul Butler: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%) and 19 on the cards (53%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%19 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Francis Croes 9, Paul Butler 39 — 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

Francis Croes last boxed on Dec 14, 2014 — 4,331 days ago. Croes had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Conlan Dec 2010Satchell Jan 2011Butler Apr 2011Nelson Feb 2013Leach Dec 20141.6 tracked bouts per year

Paul Butler last boxed on Dec 8, 2023 — 1,049 days ago. Butler had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Naoya Inoue.WWLWW

Garcia Jun 2021Sultan Apr 2022Inoue Dec 2022Cervantes Jun 2023Ahmed Dec 20233 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Francis Croes and Paul Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. Francis Croes and Paul Butler met once on April 2, 2011, and Paul Butler won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LApr 2, 2011 · Butler · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Croes or Butler?
Francis Croes is 0-9 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Butler is 36-3. Paul Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Croes0–90%

Butler36–392.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Croes or Butler?
Francis Croes has 0 knockout wins and Paul Butler has 17. Paul Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Croes0

Butler1747.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Croes and Butler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Francis Croes and Paul Butler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Croes and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Francis Croes and 39 bouts tracked for Paul Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Croes9bouts

Butler39bouts

How They Win ↓

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