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George Hunter vs Johnny Saxton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Hunter

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Johnny Saxton

George Hunter (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Johnny Saxton (55-9-2) 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.

Hunter

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Saxton

55

Wins21 KO · 38%

9

Losses

2

Draws66 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

Saxton leads 1–0

George Hunter and Johnny Saxton have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.

George Hunter and Johnny Saxton have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.
Met1949Sep 6Series
George HunterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny SaxtonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Hunter 1 · Saxton 4 of 5 measurable rows
HunterSaxton
Record†
0-155-9-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—38.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—38%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
1
66

† 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 Hunter: Died aged 77
Johnny Saxton: Died aged 78
Stance
George Hunter: Not recorded
Johnny Saxton: Orthodox

George Hunter left, Johnny Saxton 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 Hunter0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

George Hunter: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hunter yet.

Johnny Saxton55 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Johnny Saxton: 55 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (38%), 33 on the cards (60%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Hunter 1, Johnny Saxton 66 — 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 Hunter has lost the most recent, to Johnny Saxton. Hunter last boxed on Sep 6, 1949.L

Saxton Sep 1949

Johnny Saxton has lost two straight, after one straight win. Saxton last boxed on Dec 15, 1958.LLWLL

Basilio Feb 1957Miceli Sep 1957Allison Oct 1958Moyer Oct 1958Greene Dec 19586.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Hunter and Johnny Saxton ever fought each other?
Yes. George Hunter and Johnny Saxton met once on September 6, 1949, and Johnny Saxton won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 6, 1949 · Saxton · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hunter or Saxton?
George Hunter is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2. Johnny Saxton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hunter0–10%

Saxton55–9–284.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hunter or Saxton?
George Hunter has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Saxton has 21. Johnny Saxton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hunter0

Saxton2138.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hunter and Saxton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Hunter and Johnny Saxton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hunter and Saxton?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for George Hunter and 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hunter1bout

Saxton66bouts

How They Win ↓

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