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Jimmy Bivins vs Lem Franklin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Bivins

Lem Franklin

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) and Lem Franklin (2-2 across 4 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.

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Franklin

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

Franklin leads 1–0

Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin have met 1 time; Franklin leads 1–0.

Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin have met 1 time; Franklin leads 1–0.
Met1941Jul 14Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lem FranklinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Bivins 4 · Franklin 2 of 6 measurable rows
BivinsFranklin
Record†
86-26-1 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
36.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
36%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
4

† 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
Lem Franklin: No date of birth
Stance
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox
Lem Franklin: Not recorded

Jimmy Bivins left, Lem Franklin 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%

Lem Franklin2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Lem Franklin: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Bivins 112, Lem Franklin 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Bivins better on 1

Bivins

Opponent

Franklin

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Win, UD

    1942

    SavoldBivins better

    Lem Franklin

    1–2 against

    Loss, KO 8

    1943

    Loss, KO

    1943

    Win, KO 2

    1939

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

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

Lem Franklin last boxed on Apr 16, 1943 — 30,506 days ago. Franklin had lost two straight, after two straight wins.WWLL

Savold Mar 1939Bivins Jul 1941Savold Feb 1943Savold Apr 19431 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin met once on July 14, 1941, and Lem Franklin won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LJul 14, 1941 · Franklin · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bivins or Franklin?
Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Lem Franklin is 2-2 across the 4 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%

Franklin2–250%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bivins or Franklin?
Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Lem Franklin has 2. Jimmy Bivins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bivins3136.1%

Franklin2

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivins and Franklin have any common opponents?
Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin share 1 common opponent: Lee Savold. Jimmy Bivins fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Lee SavoldW1–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Franklin?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 4 bouts tracked for Lem Franklin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivins112bouts

Franklin4bouts

How They Win ↓

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