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Harold Johnson vs Tommy Merrill — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Harold Johnson

Tommy Merrill

Harold Johnson (76-11) and Tommy Merrill (0-1-1 across 2 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.

Johnson

76

Wins32 KO · 42%

11

Losses

0

Draws88 tracked bouts

Merrill

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Harold Johnson and Tommy Merrill have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Harold Johnson and Tommy Merrill have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1963Mar 19Series
Harold JohnsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy MerrillFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 4 · Merrill 1 of 5 measurable rows
JohnsonMerrill
Record†
76-11 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
87.4% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
42.11%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 88
88
2

† 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

Heightnot held
Harold Johnson: 5′10″
Tommy Merrill: No height on file
Reachnot held
Harold Johnson: 74″
Tommy Merrill: No reach on file
Agenot held
Harold Johnson: Died aged 86
Tommy Merrill: No date of birth
Stance
Harold Johnson: Orthodox
Tommy Merrill: Not recorded

Harold Johnson left, Tommy Merrill right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Harold Johnson76 wins · from 88 tracked bouts

Harold Johnson: 76 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (41%) and 45 on the cards (59%). Counted from 88 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 41%45 on the cards 59%

Tommy Merrill0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tommy Merrill: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Merrill yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Harold Johnson 88, Tommy Merrill 2 — 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

Harold Johnson has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Johnson last boxed on Apr 17, 1982.WWWLL

Jones Aug 1967Stengel Feb 1968Alford Jun 1968Jacobs Mar 1971Jaco Apr 19822.5 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Merrill last boxed on Jun 1, 1963 — 23,151 days ago. Merrill had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Norbert Grupe.LD

Johnson Mar 1963Grupe Jun 1963

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Harold Johnson and Tommy Merrill ever fought each other?
Yes. Harold Johnson and Tommy Merrill met once on March 19, 1963, and Harold Johnson won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WMar 19, 1963 · Johnson · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Merrill?
Harold Johnson is 76-11 and Tommy Merrill is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Harold Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Johnson76–1187.4%

Merrill0–1–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Johnson or Merrill?
Harold Johnson has 32 knockout wins and Tommy Merrill has 0. Harold Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Johnson3242.1%

Merrill0

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Merrill have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harold Johnson and Tommy Merrill have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Merrill?
This comparison is drawn from 88 bouts tracked for Harold Johnson and 2 bouts tracked for Tommy Merrill. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson88bouts

Merrill2bouts

How They Win ↓

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