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Joe Bygraves vs Ray Shiel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Bygraves

Ray Shiel

Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) and Ray Shiel (2-4 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 1 common opponent.

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 tracked bouts

Shiel

Tracked record

2–4

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

Shiel leads 1–0

Joe Bygraves and Ray Shiel have met 1 time; Shiel leads 1–0.

Joe Bygraves and Ray Shiel have met 1 time; Shiel leads 1–0.
Met1963Aug 22Series
Joe BygravesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ray ShielFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQ1Meeting

The Numbers

Bygraves 6 · Shiel 1 of 7 measurable rows
BygravesShiel
Record†
42-28-2 (edge)2-4
Win %0–100%
59.7% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
52% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.1
5.1 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
72
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
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″
Ray Shiel: No height on file
Agenot held
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Ray Shiel: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox
Ray Shiel: Not recorded

Joe Bygraves left, Ray Shiel 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 Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Ray Shiel2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Ray Shiel: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Bygraves 72, Ray Shiel 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Bygraves better on 1

Bygraves

Opponent

Shiel

  • Joe Bygraves

    Win, KO

    1963

    PiccoliBygraves better

    Ray Shiel

    Loss, KO

    1962

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 Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Ray Shiel last boxed on Apr 12, 1965 — 22,477 days ago. Shiel had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Bygraves Aug 1963Mack Feb 1964Mack Mar 1964Spencer Jul 1964Bodell Apr 19652.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Bygraves and Ray Shiel ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Bygraves and Ray Shiel met once on August 22, 1963, and Ray Shiel won by DQ.
The meeting

LAug 22, 1963 · Shiel · DQ

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bygraves or Shiel?
Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2 and Ray Shiel is 2-4 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Bygraves has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

Shiel2–433.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bygraves or Shiel?
Joe Bygraves has 22 knockout wins and Ray Shiel has 0. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bygraves2252.4%

Shiel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Bygraves and Shiel have any common opponents?
Joe Bygraves and Ray Shiel share 1 common opponent: Franco De Piccoli. Joe Bygraves fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Franco De PiccoliWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bygraves and Shiel?
This comparison is drawn from 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves and 6 bouts tracked for Ray Shiel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bygraves72bouts

Shiel6bouts

How They Win ↓

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