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George Benton vs John McCormack — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Benton

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John McCormack

George Benton (61-13-1) and John McCormack (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.

Benton

61

Wins

13

Losses

1

Draw75 tracked bouts

McCormack

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

McCormack leads 1–0

George Benton and John McCormack have met 1 time; McCormack leads 1–0.

George Benton and John McCormack have met 1 time; McCormack leads 1–0.
Met1960Nov 2Series
George BentonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John McCormackFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Benton 4 · McCormack 1 of 5 measurable rows
BentonMcCormack
Record†
61-13-1 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
82% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
59% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 75
75
4

† 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 comparable
George Benton: Died aged 78
John McCormack: Died aged 79
Stance
George Benton: Orthodox
John McCormack: Not recorded

George Benton left, John McCormack right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
George Benton61 wins · from 75 tracked bouts

George Benton: 61 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (59%) and 25 on the cards (41%). Counted from 75 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 59%25 on the cards 41%

John McCormack2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

John McCormack: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Benton 75, John McCormack 4 — 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

George Benton had won four in a row before losing a decision to Juarez de Lima. Benton last boxed on Apr 3, 1970.WWWWL

Warthen Sep 1968Lima May 1969Beckles Jan 1970Owens Mar 1970Lima Apr 19703.6 tracked bouts per year

John McCormack had won one in a row before losing to Christian Christensen. McCormack last boxed on Feb 8, 1962.WLWL

Downes Sep 1959Downes Nov 1959Benton Nov 1960Christensen Feb 19621.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Benton and John McCormack ever fought each other?
Yes. George Benton and John McCormack met once on November 2, 1960, and John McCormack won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 2, 1960 · McCormack · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Benton or McCormack?
George Benton is 61-13-1 and John McCormack is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Benton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Benton61–13–182%

McCormack2–250%

The Numbers ↓
Do Benton and McCormack have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Benton and John McCormack have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benton and McCormack?
This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for George Benton and 4 bouts tracked for John McCormack. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Benton75bouts

McCormack4bouts

How They Win ↓

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