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Jimmy Bivins vs Johnny Barbara — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Bivins

Johnny Barbara

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) and Johnny Barbara (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) 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.

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Barbara

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 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

Bivins leads 2–0

Jimmy Bivins and Johnny Barbara have met 2 times; Bivins leads 2–0.

Jimmy Bivins and Johnny Barbara have met 2 times; Bivins leads 2–0.
Met1940Aug 51940Sep 9Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Johnny BarbaraFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR2TKOR72Meetings

The Numbers

Bivins 5 · Barbara 1 of 6 measurable rows
BivinsBarbara
Record†
86-26-1 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
36% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
5.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
7

† 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 held
Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92
Johnny Barbara: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox
Johnny Barbara: Not recorded

Jimmy Bivins left, Johnny Barbara right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jimmy Bivins86 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Jimmy Bivins: 86 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (36%) and 55 on the cards (64%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 36%55 on the cards 64%

Johnny Barbara2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Johnny Barbara: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Bivins 112, Johnny Barbara 7 — 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

Jimmy Bivins has won four straight since losing a decision to Tommy Harrison. Bivins last boxed on Oct 28, 1953.LWWWW

Harrison Apr 1953Rolfe Apr 1953Wright Jun 1953Moray Aug 1953DeJohn Oct 19538.1 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Barbara last boxed on Jul 14, 1941 — 31,155 days ago. Barbara had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Zivic May 1940Hardwick Jun 1940Bivins Aug 1940Bivins Sep 1940Zivic Jul 19415.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Bivins and Johnny Barbara ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Johnny Barbara have met 2 times and Jimmy Bivins leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WSep 9, 1940 · Bivins · TKO R7

WAug 5, 1940 · Bivins · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bivins or Barbara?
Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Johnny Barbara is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jimmy Bivins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bivins86–26–176.5%

Barbara2–528.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Barbara?
Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Johnny Barbara has 0. Jimmy Bivins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bivins3136.1%

Barbara0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivins and Barbara have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Bivins and Johnny Barbara have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Barbara?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 7 bouts tracked for Johnny Barbara. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivins112bouts

Barbara7bouts

How They Win ↓

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