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Joe Brown vs John L. Davis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Brown

John L. Davis

Joe Brown (122-47-14) and John L. Davis (2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Brown

122

Wins56 KO · 46%

47

Losses

14

Draws184 tracked bouts

Davis

Tracked record

2–1

counted from 3 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

Davis leads 1–0

Joe Brown and John L. Davis have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.

Joe Brown and John L. Davis have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.
Met1950Jun 16Series
Joe BrownFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John L. DavisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Brown 5 · Davis 1 of 6 measurable rows
BrownDavis
Record†
122-47-14 (edge)2-1
Win %0–100%
70.5% (edge)
66.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 56
56 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
46% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 11
11
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 184
184
3

† 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 Brown: 5′7″
John L. Davis: No height on file
Agenot held
Joe Brown: Died aged 71
John L. Davis: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Brown: Orthodox
John L. Davis: Not recorded

Joe Brown left, John L. Davis 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 Brown122 wins · from 184 tracked bouts

Joe Brown: 122 tracked wins — 56 by KO/TKO (46%), 65 on the cards (53%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 184 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

56 by KO/TKO 46%65 on the cards 53%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

John L. Davis2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

John L. Davis: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Brown 184, John L. Davis 3 — 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 Brown had won one in a row before losing a decision to Dave Oropeza. Brown last boxed on Aug 24, 1970.LLDWL

Medrano Sep 1968Garcia Nov 1968Freeman Aug 1969Flores Apr 1970Oropeza Aug 19706.4 tracked bouts per year

John L. Davis last boxed on Jun 16, 1950 — 27,884 days ago. Davis had won two straight since losing a decision to Ike Williams.LWW

Williams Feb 1950Angott May 1950Brown Jun 1950

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Brown and John L. Davis ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Brown and John L. Davis met once on June 16, 1950, and John L. Davis won by UD.
The meeting

LJun 16, 1950 · Davis · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brown or Davis?
Joe Brown is 122-47-14 and John L. Davis is 2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Brown has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Brown122–47–1470.5%

Davis2–166.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brown or Davis?
Joe Brown has 56 knockout wins and John L. Davis has 0. Joe Brown has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brown5645.9%

Davis0

The Numbers ↓
Do Brown and Davis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Brown and John L. Davis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brown and Davis?
This comparison is drawn from 184 bouts tracked for Joe Brown and 3 bouts tracked for John L. Davis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brown184bouts

Davis3bouts

How They Win ↓

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