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Joe Brown vs Melvin Bartholomew — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Brown

Melvin Bartholomew

Joe Brown (122-47-14) and Melvin Bartholomew (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Brown

122

Wins56 KO · 46%

47

Losses

14

Draws184 tracked bouts

Bartholomew

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 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 2–2

Joe Brown and Melvin Bartholomew have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.

Joe Brown and Melvin Bartholomew have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.
Met1945Jul 91947Mar 281947Jul 41952Jul 11Series
Joe BrownFighter ALLostLLostWWonWWon2–2W–L
Melvin BartholomewFighter BWWonWWonLLostLLost2–2W–L
ResultKOR3UDUDPTS4Meetings

The Numbers

Brown 5 · Bartholomew 2 of 7 measurable rows
BrownBartholomew
Record†
122-47-14 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%
70.5% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 56
56 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
45.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
46%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 11
11
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 184
184
7

† 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″
Melvin Bartholomew: No height on file
Agenot held
Joe Brown: Died aged 71
Melvin Bartholomew: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Brown: Orthodox
Melvin Bartholomew: Not recorded

Joe Brown left, Melvin Bartholomew 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%

Melvin Bartholomew2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Melvin Bartholomew: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Brown 184, Melvin Bartholomew 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Brown better on 1 · even on 1

Brown

Opponent

Bartholomew

  • Joe Brown

    Loss, KO 4

    1948

    BrattonBrown better

    Melvin Bartholomew

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1949

    Loss, KO 4

    1945

  • Joe Brown

    Loss, RTD 2

    1947

    SaddlerEven

    Melvin Bartholomew

    Loss, UD

    1947

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

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

Melvin Bartholomew last boxed on Jul 11, 1952 — 27,128 days ago. Bartholomew had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Brown Mar 1947Saddler May 1947Brown Jul 1947Bratton Jan 1949Brown Jul 19521 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Brown and Melvin Bartholomew ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Brown and Melvin Bartholomew have met 4 times and the series is level at 2-2.
The 4 meetings

WJul 11, 1952 · Brown · PTS

WJul 4, 1947 · Brown · UD

LMar 28, 1947 · Bartholomew · UD

LJul 9, 1945 · Bartholomew · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brown or Bartholomew?
Joe Brown is 122-47-14 and Melvin Bartholomew is 2-5 across the 7 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%

Bartholomew2–528.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brown or Bartholomew?
Joe Brown has 56 knockout wins and Melvin Bartholomew has 1. Joe Brown has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brown5645.9%

Bartholomew1

The Numbers ↓
Do Brown and Bartholomew have any common opponents?
Joe Brown and Melvin Bartholomew share 2 common opponents: Johnny Bratton and Sandy Saddler. Joe Brown fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Johnny BrattonLL

Sandy SaddlerLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brown and Bartholomew?
This comparison is drawn from 184 bouts tracked for Joe Brown and 7 bouts tracked for Melvin Bartholomew. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brown184bouts

Bartholomew7bouts

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