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James Ruffin vs Lionel Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

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James Ruffin

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Lionel Butler

James Ruffin (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Lionel Butler (32-17-1) 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.

Ruffin

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

32

Wins25 KO · 78%

17

Losses

1

Draw51 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

Butler leads 1–0

James Ruffin and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

James Ruffin and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met1991Feb 5Series
James RuffinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lionel ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ruffin 1 · Butler 3 of 4 measurable rows
RuffinButler
Record†
0-332-17-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
0
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—78%
Times stopped‡max 8
3 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
3
51

† 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 Ruffin: No height on file
Lionel Butler: 5′11″
Reachnot held
James Ruffin: No reach on file
Lionel Butler: 72″
Agenot held
James Ruffin: No date of birth
Lionel Butler: 59
Stance
James Ruffin: Not recorded
Lionel Butler: Orthodox

James Ruffin left, Lionel Butler 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 Ruffin0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

James Ruffin: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ruffin yet.

Lionel Butler32 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Lionel Butler: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Ruffin 3, Lionel Butler 51 — 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 Ruffin last boxed on Feb 5, 1991 — 13,042 days ago. Ruffin had lost three straight.LLL

Savarese Jul 1990Savarese Oct 1990Butler Feb 1991

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,975 days ago. Butler had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Ward Aug 2003Purlette Sep 2003Kassi Sep 2009Fedosov Jan 2010Wills Jun 20102.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Ruffin and Lionel Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. James Ruffin and Lionel Butler met once on February 5, 1991, and Lionel Butler won by KO.
The meeting

LFeb 5, 1991 · Butler · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruffin or Butler?
James Ruffin is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Butler is 32-17-1. Lionel Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ruffin0–30%

Butler32–17–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ruffin or Butler?
James Ruffin has 0 knockout wins and Lionel Butler has 25. Lionel Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ruffin0

Butler2578.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruffin and Butler have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Ruffin and Lionel Butler have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruffin and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Ruffin and 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruffin3bouts

Butler51bouts

How They Win ↓

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