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

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Freddie Steele

Mike Payan

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.

Steele

125

Wins60 KO · 48%

5

Losses

11

Draws140 tracked bouts

Payan

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Steele leads 2–0

Freddie Steele and Mike Payan have met 2 times; Steele leads 2–0.

Freddie Steele and Mike Payan have met 2 times; Steele leads 2–0.
Met1935May 161935Oct 25Series
Freddie SteeleFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Mike PayanFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultPTSTKOR52Meetings

The Numbers

Steele 7 · Payan 0 of 7 measurable rows
SteelePayan
Record†
125-5-11 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%
92.6% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 60
60 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 9.6
9.6 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 140
140
10

† 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

Agenot held
Freddie Steele: Died aged 71
Mike Payan: No date of birth
Stance
Freddie Steele: Orthodox
Mike Payan: Not recorded

Freddie Steele left, Mike Payan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Freddie Steele123 wins · from 140 tracked bouts

Freddie Steele: 123 tracked wins — 58 by KO/TKO (47%) and 65 on the cards (53%). Counted from 140 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

58 by KO/TKO 47%65 on the cards 53%

Mike Payan1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Mike Payan: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Freddie Steele 140, Mike Payan 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Steele better on 4

Steele

Opponent

Payan

  • Freddie Steele

    1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 9

    1938

    Win, TKO

    1935

    ApostoliSteele better

    Mike Payan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 2

    1938

    Loss, PTS

    1935

  • Freddie Steele

    3–0 against

    Win, UD

    1937

    Win, UD

    1936

    Win, UD

    1936

    RiskoSteele better

    Mike Payan

    Loss, PTS

    1936

  • Freddie Steele

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 1

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1933

    GlickSteele better

    Mike Payan

    Win, PTS

    1931

  • Freddie Steele

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 2

    1932

    Win, KO 2

    1932

    GarciaSteele better

    Mike Payan

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, TKO 1

    1934

    Loss, PTS

    1933

    Draw, PTS

    1933

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Freddie Steele has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Steele last boxed on May 23, 1941.WWWLL

Turner Feb 1938Barth Feb 1938Krieger Jun 1938Hostak Jul 1938Casino May 19419.6 tracked bouts per year

Mike Payan last boxed on Sep 6, 1938 — 32,187 days ago. Payan had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Steele May 1935Apostoli May 1935Steele Oct 1935Risko Apr 1936Apostoli Sep 19381 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

WOct 25, 1935 · Steele · TKO R5

WMay 16, 1935 · Steele · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Steele or 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.
Records · win %

Steele125–5–1192.6%

Payan1–8–115%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Steele or Payan?
Freddie Steele has 60 knockout wins and Mike Payan has 0. Freddie Steele has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Steele6048%

Payan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Steele and 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.
4 shared opponents

Fred Apostoli1–1L

Eddie Babe RiskoWL

Joe GlickWW

Ceferino GarciaW0–2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steele and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Steele140bouts

Payan10bouts

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