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.
Gil Turner (6-8 across 14 tracked bouts) and Johnny Saxton (55-9-2) 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.
Gil Turner vs Johnny Saxton — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Johnny Saxton wonSaxton vs TurnerMay 16, 1956 · TKO
- Gil Turner wonSaxton vs TurnerJun 15, 1953 · SD
The Numbers
- 6-8
- Record
- 55-9-2 (edge)
- 42.9%
- Win %
- 84.8% (edge)
- 2
- Wins by knockout
- 21 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 38.18%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 37% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 1.9
- Bouts per year
- 7.2 (edge)
- 14
- Bouts tracked
- 69
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 95
- Age
- 96
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Welterweight
- United States
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGil Turner · 6 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
4
Other
0
Johnny Saxton · 57 wins
KO/TKO
21
Decision
35
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (14 and 69 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedGil Turner
LMD · Sep 1955Johnny Saxton
LTKO R2 · Feb 1957LTKO R9 · Sep 1956WUD · Mar 1956
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gil Turner
LWLLL
L1 streak · last fought Oct 15, 1958
Johnny Saxton
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 15, 1958
Common Questions
- Have Gil Turner and Johnny Saxton ever fought each other?
- Yes. Gil Turner and Johnny Saxton have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
- Who has the better record, Gil Turner or Johnny Saxton?
- Gil Turner is 6-8 across the 14 bouts 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Gil Turner or Johnny Saxton?
- Gil Turner has 2 knockout wins and Johnny Saxton has 21. Johnny Saxton has more.
- Do Gil Turner and Johnny Saxton have any common opponents?
- Gil Turner and Johnny Saxton share 4 common opponents: Virgil Akins, Carmen Basilio and Kid Gavilán (and 1 other). Johnny Saxton fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gil Turner and Johnny Saxton?
- This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for Gil Turner and 69 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.