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Jimmy Young vs John L. Gardner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Young

John L. Gardner

Jimmy Young (35-18-3) and John L. Gardner (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Young

35

Wins11 KO · 31%

18

Losses

3

Draws57 tracked bouts

Gardner

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 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

Young leads 1–0

Jimmy Young and John L. Gardner have met 1 time; Young leads 1–0.

Jimmy Young and John L. Gardner have met 1 time; Young leads 1–0.
Met1979Dec 4Series
Jimmy YoungFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John L. GardnerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Young 2 · Gardner 4 of 6 measurable rows
YoungGardner
Record†
35-18-34-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
65.2%
66.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 11
11 (edge)
3
KO ratenot comparable
31.43%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
31%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 57
57
6

† 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

Heightnot held
Jimmy Young: 6′2″
John L. Gardner: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jimmy Young: 74″
John L. Gardner: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Jimmy Young: Died aged 56
John L. Gardner: 73
Stance
Jimmy Young: Orthodox
John L. Gardner: Not recorded

Jimmy Young left, John L. Gardner 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 Young35 wins · from 57 tracked bouts

Jimmy Young: 35 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (31%) and 24 on the cards (69%). Counted from 57 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 31%24 on the cards 69%

John L. Gardner4 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

John L. Gardner: 4 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jimmy Young 57, John L. Gardner 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Gardner better on 2 · even on 1

Young

Opponent

Gardner

  • Jimmy Young

    Loss, UD

    1979

    DokesEven

    John L. Gardner

    Loss, KO 4

    1981

  • Jimmy Young

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1979

    Loss, SD

    1978

    OcasioGardner better

    John L. Gardner

    Win, KO 6

    1981

  • Jimmy Young

    Loss, UD

    1976

    AliGardner better

    John L. Gardner

    Result unrecorded, Result unrecorded

    1979

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 Young has won two straight since losing a decision to Tim Anderson. Young last boxed on Sep 22, 1990.NCWLWW

Jameson Aug 1987Kellar Apr 1988Anderson Jun 1988Lux Aug 1988Porter Sep 19902.7 tracked bouts per year

John L. Gardner last boxed on Jun 12, 1981 — 16,566 days ago. Gardner had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Michael Dokes.WLWWL

Ekwelum May 1977Young Dec 1979Gauwe Apr 1980Ocasio Mar 1981Dokes Jun 19811.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jimmy Young and John L. Gardner ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Young and John L. Gardner met once on December 4, 1979, and Jimmy Young won by PTS.
The meeting

WDec 4, 1979 · Young · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Young or Gardner?
Jimmy Young is 35-18-3 and John L. Gardner is 4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. John L. Gardner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Young35–18–365.2%

Gardner4–266.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Young or Gardner?
Jimmy Young has 11 knockout wins and John L. Gardner has 3. Jimmy Young has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Young1131.4%

Gardner3

The Numbers ↓
Do Young and Gardner have any common opponents?
Jimmy Young and John L. Gardner share 3 common opponents: Michael Dokes, Ossie Ocasio and Muhammad Ali. John L. Gardner fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Michael DokesLL

Ossie OcasioLW

Muhammad AliL0–0

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Young and Gardner?
This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Jimmy Young and 6 bouts tracked for John L. Gardner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Young57bouts

Gardner6bouts

How They Win ↓

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