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Freddie Steele (125-5-11) and Mike Payan (1-8-1 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Freddie Steele vs Mike Payan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Freddie Steele

125–5–11

140 tracked bouts

Mike Payan

Tracked record

1–8–1

10 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

Freddie Steele leads 2–0

The Numbers

125-5-11 (edge)
Record
1-8-1

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

92.6% (edge)
Win %
15%
60 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
48%
KO rate
47% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
0%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3 (edge)
Times stopped
4

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Title reigns
0
9.6 (edge)
Bouts per year
1

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

140
Bouts tracked
10

Tale of the Tape

113
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Middleweight
Division
American
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Freddie Steele · 123 wins

KO/TKO
58
Decision
65
Other
0

Mike Payan · 1 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (140 and 10 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared
  • Freddie Steele

    LTKO R9 · Jan 1938WTKO · Apr 1935

    Fred Apostoli

    Mike Payan

    LKO R2 · Sep 1938LPTS · May 1935
  • Freddie Steele

    WUD · Feb 1937WUD · Jul 1936WUD · Mar 1936

    Eddie Babe Risko

    Mike Payan

    LPTS · Apr 1936
  • Freddie Steele

    WKO R1 · Oct 1934WPTS · Jun 1933

    Joe Glick

    Mike Payan

    WPTS · Oct 1931
  • Freddie Steele

    WKO R2 · Sep 1932WKO R2 · May 1932

    Ceferino Garcia

    Mike Payan

    LTKO R1 · Jul 1934LPTS · Dec 1933DPTS · Mar 1933

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Freddie Steele

LLWWW

L2 streak · last fought May 23, 1941

Mike Payan

LLLLL

L7 streak · last fought Sep 6, 1938

Common Questions

Have Freddie Steele and Mike Payan ever fought each other?
Yes. Freddie Steele and Mike Payan have met 2 times and Freddie Steele leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Freddie Steele or Mike Payan?
Freddie Steele is 125-5-11 and Mike Payan is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Steele has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Freddie Steele or Mike Payan?
Freddie Steele has 60 knockout wins and Mike Payan has 0. Freddie Steele has more.
Do Freddie Steele and Mike Payan have any common opponents?
Freddie Steele and Mike Payan share 4 common opponents: Fred Apostoli, Eddie Babe Risko and Joe Glick (and 1 other). Freddie Steele fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Freddie Steele and Mike Payan?
This comparison is drawn from 140 bouts tracked for Freddie Steele and 10 bouts tracked for Mike Payan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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