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James Dixon vs John Conteh — record, stats and common opponents compared

James Dixon

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John Conteh

James Dixon (3-11 across 14 tracked bouts) and John Conteh (34-4-1) 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.

Dixon

Tracked record

3–11

counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Conteh

34

Wins24 KO · 71%

4

Losses

1

Draw39 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

Conteh leads 1–0

James Dixon and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.

James Dixon and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.
Met1980May 31Series
James DixonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John ContehFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Dixon 0 · Conteh 7 of 7 measurable rows
DixonConteh
Record†
3-1134-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
21.4%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.59%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.5
1.9
4.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
14
39

† 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
James Dixon: No height on file
John Conteh: 6′0″
Reachnot held
James Dixon: No reach on file
John Conteh: 76″
Agenot held
James Dixon: No date of birth
John Conteh: 75
Stance
James Dixon: Not recorded
John Conteh: Orthodox

James Dixon left, John Conteh right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
James Dixon3 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

James Dixon: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

John Conteh34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

John Conteh: 34 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (71%) and 10 on the cards (29%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 71%10 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Dixon 14, John Conteh 39 — 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

James Dixon last boxed on Jul 7, 1985 — 15,078 days ago. Dixon had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Tucker Jun 1982Green Jul 1983Tucker Dec 1983Ratliff Dec 1984Evangelista Jul 19851.9 tracked bouts per year

John Conteh last boxed on May 31, 1980 — 16,941 days ago. Conteh had won once since back-to-back losses to Matthew Saad Muhammad.DWLLW

Burnett Apr 1979Brown Jun 1979Muhammad Aug 1979Muhammad Mar 1980Dixon May 19804.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Dixon and John Conteh ever fought each other?
Yes. James Dixon and John Conteh met once on May 31, 1980, and John Conteh won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LMay 31, 1980 · Conteh · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dixon or Conteh?
James Dixon is 3-11 across the 14 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Conteh is 34-4-1. John Conteh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Dixon3–1121.4%

Conteh34–4–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dixon or Conteh?
James Dixon has 0 knockout wins and John Conteh has 24. John Conteh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dixon0

Conteh2470.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dixon and Conteh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Dixon and John Conteh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dixon and Conteh?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for James Dixon and 39 bouts tracked for John Conteh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dixon14bouts

Conteh39bouts

How They Win ↓

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