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James Ruffin vs Lou Savarese — record, stats and common opponents compared

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James Ruffin

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Lou Savarese

James Ruffin (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Lou Savarese (46-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. 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

Savarese

46

Wins38 KO · 83%

7

Losses

0

Draws54 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

Savarese leads 2–0

James Ruffin and Lou Savarese have met 2 times; Savarese leads 2–0.

James Ruffin and Lou Savarese have met 2 times; Savarese leads 2–0.
Met1990Jul 171990Oct 25Series
James RuffinFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Lou SavareseFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Ruffin 0 · Savarese 3 of 3 measurable rows
RuffinSavarese
Record†
0-346-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.61%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
3
54

† 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
Lou Savarese: 6′5″
Reachnot held
James Ruffin: No reach on file
Lou Savarese: 80″
Agenot held
James Ruffin: No date of birth
Lou Savarese: 61

James Ruffin left, Lou Savarese right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

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.

Lou Savarese47 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Lou Savarese: 47 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (83%), 7 on the cards (15%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 83%7 on the cards 15%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — James Ruffin 3, Lou Savarese 54 — 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 — 13,041 days ago. Ruffin had lost three straight.LLL

Savarese Jul 1990Savarese Oct 1990Butler Feb 1991

Lou Savarese last boxed on Jun 30, 2007 — 7,052 days ago. Savarese had won three in a row before losing a decision to Evander Holyfield.LWWWL

Nolan May 2004Rhode Mar 2006Fulton Jan 2007Hicks Apr 2007Holyfield Jun 20073 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have James Ruffin and Lou Savarese ever fought each other?
Yes. James Ruffin and Lou Savarese have met 2 times and Lou Savarese leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LOct 25, 1990 · Savarese · KO

LJul 17, 1990 · Savarese · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruffin or Savarese?
James Ruffin is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lou Savarese is 46-7. Lou Savarese has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ruffin0–30%

Savarese46–786.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ruffin or Savarese?
James Ruffin has 0 knockout wins and Lou Savarese has 38. Lou Savarese has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ruffin0

Savarese3882.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruffin and Savarese have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Ruffin and Lou Savarese have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruffin and Savarese?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Ruffin and 54 bouts tracked for Lou Savarese. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruffin3bouts

Savarese54bouts

How They Win ↓

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