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Fred Lester vs Harold Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Fred Lester

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Harold Johnson

Fred Lester (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Harold Johnson (76-11) 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.

Lester

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

76

Wins32 KO · 42%

11

Losses

0

Draws88 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Fred Lester and Harold Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Fred Lester and Harold Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1947May 26Series
Fred LesterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Harold JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Lester 1 · Johnson 4 of 5 measurable rows
LesterJohnson
Record†
0-176-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.11%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—41%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
1
88

† 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
Fred Lester: No height on file
Harold Johnson: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Fred Lester: No reach on file
Harold Johnson: 74″
Agenot held
Fred Lester: No date of birth
Harold Johnson: Died aged 86
Stance
Fred Lester: Not recorded
Harold Johnson: Orthodox

Fred Lester left, Harold 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
Fred Lester0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Fred Lester: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lester yet.

Harold Johnson76 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Harold Johnson: 76 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (41%) and 45 on the cards (59%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 41%45 on the cards 59%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Fred Lester 1, Harold Johnson 88 — 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

Fred Lester last boxed on May 26, 1947 — 29,009 days ago. Lester had lost the most recent, to Harold Johnson.L

Johnson May 1947

Harold Johnson has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Johnson last boxed on Apr 17, 1982.WWWLL

Jones Aug 1967Stengel Feb 1968Alford Jun 1968Jacobs Mar 1971Jaco Apr 19822.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Fred Lester and Harold Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Fred Lester and Harold Johnson met once on May 26, 1947, and Harold Johnson won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 26, 1947 · Johnson · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lester or Johnson?
Fred Lester is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Harold Johnson is 76-11. Harold Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lester0–10%

Johnson76–1187.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lester or Johnson?
Fred Lester has 0 knockout wins and Harold Johnson has 32. Harold Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lester0

Johnson3242.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lester and Johnson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Fred Lester and Harold Johnson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lester and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Fred Lester and 88 bouts tracked for Harold Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lester1bout

Johnson88bouts

How They Win ↓

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