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Jim Watt vs Leonard Tavarez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jim Watt

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Leonard Tavarez

Jim Watt (38-8) and Leonard Tavarez (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Watt

38

Wins27 KO · 71%

8

Losses

0

Draws46 tracked bouts

Tavarez

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Watt leads 1–0

Jim Watt and Leonard Tavarez have met 1 time; Watt leads 1–0.

Jim Watt and Leonard Tavarez have met 1 time; Watt leads 1–0.
Met1971Nov 1Series
Jim WattFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Leonard TavarezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Watt 5 · Tavarez 0 of 5 measurable rows
WattTavarez
Record†
38-8 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
82.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
71.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
5

† 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

Agenot comparable
Jim Watt: 78
Leonard Tavarez: Died aged 52
Stance
Jim Watt: Southpaw
Leonard Tavarez: Not recorded

Jim Watt left, Leonard Tavarez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Watt38 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Jim Watt: 38 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (71%) and 11 on the cards (29%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 71%11 on the cards 29%

Leonard Tavarez0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Leonard Tavarez: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Tavarez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Watt 46, Leonard Tavarez 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Watt better on 1

Watt

Opponent

Tavarez

  • Jim Watt

    Loss, PTS

    1973

    BuchananWatt better

    Leonard Tavarez

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO 14

    1974

    Loss, PTS

    1970

    Loss, PTS

    1968

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jim Watt last boxed on Jun 20, 1981 — 16,558 days ago. Watt had won four in a row before losing a decision to Alexis Argüello.WWWWL

Vasquez Nov 1979Nash Mar 1980Jr. Jun 1980O'Grady Nov 1980Argüello Jun 19813.6 tracked bouts per year

Leonard Tavarez has lost five straight. Tavarez last boxed on Dec 16, 1974.LLLLL

Buchanan Apr 1968Buchanan Feb 1970Watt Nov 1971Durán Jan 1974Buchanan Dec 19740.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Watt and Leonard Tavarez ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Watt and Leonard Tavarez met once on November 1, 1971, and Jim Watt won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WNov 1, 1971 · Watt · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watt or Tavarez?
Jim Watt is 38-8 and Leonard Tavarez is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jim Watt has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Watt38–882.6%

Tavarez0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watt or Tavarez?
Jim Watt has 27 knockout wins and Leonard Tavarez has 0. Jim Watt has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watt2771.1%

Tavarez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Watt and Tavarez have any common opponents?
Jim Watt and Leonard Tavarez share 1 common opponent: Ken Buchanan. Jim Watt fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ken BuchananLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watt and Tavarez?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Jim Watt and 5 bouts tracked for Leonard Tavarez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watt46bouts

Tavarez5bouts

How They Win ↓

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