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Joe Ballard vs Lance Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Ballard

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Lance Whitaker

Joe Ballard (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Lance Whitaker (35-7-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ballard

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Whitaker

35

Wins28 KO · 80%

7

Losses

1

Draw43 tracked bouts

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

Whitaker leads 1–0

Joe Ballard and Lance Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.

Joe Ballard and Lance Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.
Met1998Jan 16Series
Joe BallardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lance WhitakerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Ballard 0 · Whitaker 4 of 4 measurable rows
BallardWhitaker
Record†
0-335-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—80%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3
0.2
3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
3
43

† 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
Joe Ballard: No height on file
Lance Whitaker: 6′8″
Reachnot held
Joe Ballard: No reach on file
Lance Whitaker: 84″
Agenot held
Joe Ballard: No date of birth
Lance Whitaker: 55
Stance
Joe Ballard: Not recorded
Lance Whitaker: Orthodox

Joe Ballard left, Lance Whitaker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Ballard0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Joe Ballard: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ballard yet.

Lance Whitaker35 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Lance Whitaker: 35 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (80%), 6 on the cards (17%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 80%6 on the cards 17%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Ballard 3, Lance Whitaker 43 — 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

Joe Ballard last boxed on Feb 25, 2000 — 9,733 days ago. Ballard had lost three straight.LLL

Ferguson Oct 1983Whitaker Jan 1998Witherspoon Feb 20000.2 tracked bouts per year

Lance Whitaker last boxed on Sep 11, 2010 — 5,882 days ago. Whitaker had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Franklin Lawrence.WWLWL

Batchelder Jul 2009Ellis Aug 2009McCall Oct 2009Fedosov Jun 2010Lawrence Sep 20103 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Ballard and Lance Whitaker ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Ballard and Lance Whitaker met once on January 16, 1998, and Lance Whitaker won by TKO.
The meeting

LJan 16, 1998 · Whitaker · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ballard or Whitaker?
Joe Ballard is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lance Whitaker is 35-7-1. Lance Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ballard0–30%

Whitaker35–7–182.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ballard or Whitaker?
Joe Ballard has 0 knockout wins and Lance Whitaker has 28. Lance Whitaker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ballard0

Whitaker2880%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ballard and Whitaker have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Ballard and Lance Whitaker have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ballard and Whitaker?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Joe Ballard and 43 bouts tracked for Lance Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ballard3bouts

Whitaker43bouts

How They Win ↓

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