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.
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.
Jimmy Bivins vs Lem Franklin — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lem Franklin leads 1–0- Lem Franklin wonBivins vs FranklinJul 14, 1941 · TKO · R9
The Numbers
- 86-26-1 (edge)
- Record
- 2-2
- 76.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 50%
- 31 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 2
- 36.05%
- KO rate
- —
- 36%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 5
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 8.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1
- 112
- Bouts tracked
- 4
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 106
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Heavyweight Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJimmy Bivins · 86 wins
KO/TKO
31
Decision
55
Other
0
Lem Franklin · 2 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (112 and 4 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jimmy Bivins
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Oct 28, 1953
Lem Franklin
LLWW
L2 streak · last fought Apr 16, 1943
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Jimmy Bivins or Lem 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Jimmy Bivins or Lem Franklin?
- Jimmy Bivins has 31 knockout wins and Lem Franklin has 2. Jimmy Bivins has more.
- Do Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin have any common opponents?
- Jimmy Bivins and Lem Franklin share 1 common opponent: Lee Savold. Jimmy Bivins fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jimmy Bivins and Lem 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.