Have Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton ever fought each other?

Yes. Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton have met 3 times and Johnny Bratton leads the series 2-1.

Who has the better record, Spencer or Bratton?

Gene Spencer is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Spencer or Bratton?

Gene Spencer has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Bratton has 34. Johnny Bratton has more.

Do Spencer and Bratton have any common opponents?

Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton share 1 common opponent: Willie Joyce. Johnny Bratton fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Spencer and Bratton?

This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Gene Spencer and 87 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gene Spencer vs Johnny Bratton — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Gene Spencer

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Johnny Bratton

Gene Spencer (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Johnny Bratton (60-24-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Spencer

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bratton

Wins34 KO · 57%

Losses

Draws87 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

Bratton leads 2–1

Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton have met 3 times; Bratton leads 2–1.
Met	1944Sep 25	1944Oct 9	1944Nov 24	Series
Gene SpencerFighter A	WWon	LLost	LLost	1–2W–L
Johnny BrattonFighter B	LLost	WWon	WWon	2–1W–L
Result	UDBratton vs Spencer	SDBratton vs Spencer	PTSBratton vs Spencer	3Meetings

The Numbers

Spencer 1 · Bratton 6 of 7 measurable rows

SpencerEdge = longer wingBratton

Record^†: 1-560-24-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
70.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34: 0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —56.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
57% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 3: 2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 8.1: 0.9
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 87: 6
87

† 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: Gene Spencer: No date of birth; Johnny Bratton: Died aged 65
Stance: Gene Spencer: Not recorded; Johnny Bratton: Orthodox

Gene Spencer left, Johnny Bratton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Gene Spencer1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Johnny Bratton60 wins · from 87 tracked bouts

34 by KO/TKO 57%26 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gene Spencer 6, Johnny Bratton 87 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Bratton better on 11 shared · Johnny Bratton better on 1

SpencerGene Spencer

Opponent

BrattonJohnny Bratton

Gene Spencer
0–2 against
Loss, TKO 3
1938Feb 1938
Loss, PTS
1938Jan 1938
JoyceWillie JoyceUnited States 71–21–10Bratton betterJohnny Bratton better — 2–0 to 0–2
Johnny Bratton
2–0 against
Win, UD
1946Dec 1946
Win, SD
1946Oct 1946

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

Gene Spencer last boxed on Nov 24, 1944 — 29,915 days ago. Spencer had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Joyce Feb 1938Robinson Feb 1941Bratton Sep 1944Bratton Oct 1944Bratton Nov 19440.9 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Bratton has lost four straight, after one straight win. Bratton last boxed on Mar 17, 1955.WLLLL

Wilson Oct 1953Gavilán Nov 1953Saxton Feb 1954Varona Oct 1954Flanagan Mar 19558.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton ever fought each other?: Yes. Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton have met 3 times and Johnny Bratton leads the series 2-1.
Who has the better record, Spencer or Bratton?: Gene Spencer is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Spencer or Bratton?: Gene Spencer has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Bratton has 34. Johnny Bratton has more.
Do Spencer and Bratton have any common opponents?: Gene Spencer and Johnny Bratton share 1 common opponent: Willie Joyce. Johnny Bratton fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Spencer and Bratton?: This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Gene Spencer and 87 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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