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Jimmy Bivins vs Melio Bettina — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Bivins

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Melio Bettina

Jimmy Bivins (86-26-1) and Melio Bettina (4-6-1 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Bivins

86

Wins31 KO · 36%

26

Losses

1

Draw112 tracked bouts

Bettina

Tracked record

4–6–1

counted from 11 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

Series level 1–1 with 1 draw

Jimmy Bivins and Melio Bettina have met 3 times; Series level 1–1 with 1 draw.

Jimmy Bivins and Melio Bettina have met 3 times; Series level 1–1 with 1 draw.
Met1941Nov 171943Sep 151945Mar 16Series
Jimmy BivinsFighter ALLostWWonDDraw1–1–1W–L–D
Melio BettinaFighter BWWonLLostDDraw1–1–1W–L–D
ResultUDUDPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Bivins 5 · Bettina 1 of 6 measurable rows
BivinsBettina
Record†
86-26-1 (edge)4-6-1
Win %0–100%
76.5% (edge)
40.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.05%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
36% (edge)
25%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
11

† 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
Jimmy Bivins: Died aged 92
Melio Bettina: Died aged 80
Stance
Jimmy Bivins: Orthodox
Melio Bettina: Not recorded

Jimmy Bivins left, Melio Bettina 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%

Melio Bettina4 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Melio Bettina: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Bivins 112, Melio Bettina 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Bivins better on 2

Bivins

Opponent

Bettina

  • Jimmy Bivins

    Win, UD

    1942

    LesnevichBivins better

    Melio Bettina

    Loss, KO 1

    1947

  • Jimmy Bivins

    2–1 against

    Win, UD

    1943

    Loss, MD

    1940

    Win, UD

    1940

    ChristoforidisBivins better

    Melio Bettina

    Loss, UD

    1941

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

Melio Bettina has lost the most recent, to Gus Lesnevich. Bettina last boxed on May 23, 1947.LWLDL

Christoforidis Jan 1941Bivins Nov 1941Bivins Sep 1943Bivins Mar 1945Lesnevich May 19471.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Bivins and Melio Bettina ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Bivins and Melio Bettina have met 3 times and the series is level at 1-1 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

DMar 16, 1945 · Draw · PTS

WSep 15, 1943 · Bivins · UD

LNov 17, 1941 · Bettina · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bivins or Bettina?
Jimmy Bivins is 86-26-1 and Melio Bettina is 4-6-1 across the 11 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%

Bettina4–6–140.9%

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

Bivins3136.1%

Bettina0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bivins and Bettina have any common opponents?
Jimmy Bivins and Melio Bettina share 2 common opponents: Gus Lesnevich and Anton Christoforidis. Jimmy Bivins fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gus LesnevichWL

Anton Christoforidis2–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bivins and Bettina?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Jimmy Bivins and 11 bouts tracked for Melio Bettina. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bivins112bouts

Bettina11bouts

How They Win ↓

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