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Joe Burman vs Johnny Curtin — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Burman

Johnny Curtin

Joe Burman (36-3-6) and Johnny Curtin (4-7 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Burman

36

Wins21 KO · 58%

3

Losses

6

Draws129 tracked bouts

Curtin

Tracked record

4–7

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

Curtin leads 1–0

Joe Burman and Johnny Curtin have met 1 time; Curtin leads 1–0.

Joe Burman and Johnny Curtin have met 1 time; Curtin leads 1–0.
Met1923Nov 27Series
Joe BurmanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny CurtinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Burman 6 · Curtin 0 of 6 measurable rows
BurmanCurtin
Record†
36-3-6 (edge)4-7
Win %0–100%
86.7% (edge)
36.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.33%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
23% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 15.5
15.5 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 129
129
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

Heightnot held
Joe Burman: 5′4″
Johnny Curtin: No height on file
Agenot held
Joe Burman: Died aged 80
Johnny Curtin: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Burman: Orthodox
Johnny Curtin: Not recorded

Joe Burman left, Johnny Curtin 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 Burman91 wins · from 129 tracked bouts

Joe Burman: 91 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (23%), 14 on the cards (15%) and 56 by another method or unrecorded (62%). Counted from 129 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 23%14 on the cards 15%56 by another method or unrecorded 62%

Johnny Curtin4 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Johnny Curtin: 4 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (25%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (75%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 25%3 by another method or unrecorded 75%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Burman 129, Johnny Curtin 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Burman better on 1 · Curtin better on 1

Burman

Opponent

Curtin

  • Joe Burman

    1–1–3 against

    Draw, PTS

    1921

    Draw, NWS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Draw, NWS

    1919

    Win, NWS

    1917

    SharkeyCurtin better

    Johnny Curtin

    2–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1925

    Win, PTS

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1923

  • Joe Burman

    3–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1921

    Draw, PTS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    1920

    LedouxBurman better

    Johnny Curtin

    Win, NWS

    1924

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 Burman drew the most recent tracked bout with Dick Griffin. Burman last boxed on Mar 25, 1924.LLWLD

Goldstein Oct 1923Curtin Nov 1923McCoy Dec 1923Goozeman Dec 1923Griffin Mar 192415.5 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Curtin last boxed on Jul 28, 1930 — 35,148 days ago. Curtin had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Martin Nov 1924Sharkey Jul 1925Martin Jul 1925Martin Apr 1927Petrole Jul 19301.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Burman and Johnny Curtin ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Burman and Johnny Curtin met once on November 27, 1923, and Johnny Curtin won by NWS.
The meeting

LNov 27, 1923 · Curtin · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burman or Curtin?
Joe Burman is 36-3-6 and Johnny Curtin is 4-7 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Burman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Burman36–3–686.7%

Curtin4–736.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Burman or Curtin?
Joe Burman has 21 knockout wins and Johnny Curtin has 0. Joe Burman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Burman2158.3%

Curtin0

The Numbers ↓
Do Burman and Curtin have any common opponents?
Joe Burman and Johnny Curtin share 2 common opponents: Jackie Sharkey and Charles Ledoux. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Jackie Sharkey1–1–32–1

Charles Ledoux3–0–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burman and Curtin?
This comparison is drawn from 129 bouts tracked for Joe Burman and 11 bouts tracked for Johnny Curtin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burman129bouts

Curtin11bouts

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