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Joe Bygraves vs Wayne Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Bygraves

Wayne Bethea

Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) and Wayne Bethea (5-10-1 across 16 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 tracked bouts

Bethea

Tracked record

5–10–1

counted from 16 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

Bethea leads 2–0

Joe Bygraves and Wayne Bethea have met 2 times; Bethea leads 2–0.

Joe Bygraves and Wayne Bethea have met 2 times; Bethea leads 2–0.
Met1956Sep 241962Sep 22Series
Joe BygravesFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Wayne BetheaFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultTKOUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Bygraves 5 · Bethea 1 of 6 measurable rows
BygravesBethea
Record†
42-28-2 (edge)5-10-1
Win %0–100%
59.7% (edge)
34.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
52.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
52% (edge)
40%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.1
5.1 (edge)
2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
72
16

† 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″
Wayne Bethea: No height on file
Agenot held
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Wayne Bethea: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox
Wayne Bethea: Not recorded

Joe Bygraves left, Wayne Bethea 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%

Wayne Bethea5 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Wayne Bethea: 5 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (40%) and 3 on the cards (60%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 40%3 on the cards 60%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Bygraves 72, Wayne Bethea 16 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Bygraves better on 3 · even on 1

Bygraves

Opponent

Bethea

  • Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1962

    MildenbergerBygraves better

    Wayne Bethea

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1963

    Loss, PTS

    1961

  • Joe Bygraves

    Win, KO

    1963

    PiccoliEven

    Wayne Bethea

    Win, KO

    1963

  • Joe Bygraves

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 9

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    CooperBygraves better

    Wayne Bethea

    Loss, PTS

    1962

  • Joe Bygraves

    Loss, TKO

    1958

    FolleyBygraves better

    Wayne Bethea

    0–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1957

    Loss, SD

    1956

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

Wayne Bethea last boxed on Jul 6, 1963 — 23,115 days ago. Bethea had lost the most recent, to Karl Mildenberger.LWWDL

Cooper Feb 1962Bygraves Sep 1962Piccoli Mar 1963Rinaldi Apr 1963Mildenberger Jul 19632.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Bygraves and Wayne Bethea ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Bygraves and Wayne Bethea have met 2 times and Wayne Bethea leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LSep 22, 1962 · Bethea · UD

LSep 24, 1956 · Bethea · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bygraves or Bethea?
Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2 and Wayne Bethea is 5-10-1 across the 16 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%

Bethea5–10–134.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bygraves or Bethea?
Joe Bygraves has 22 knockout wins and Wayne Bethea has 2. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bygraves2252.4%

Bethea2

The Numbers ↓
Do Bygraves and Bethea have any common opponents?
Joe Bygraves and Wayne Bethea share 4 common opponents: Karl Mildenberger, Franco De Piccoli and Henry Cooper (and 1 other). Joe Bygraves fared better against 3 of them.
4 shared opponents

Karl MildenbergerLL

Franco De PiccoliWW

Henry Cooper1–1L

Zora FolleyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bygraves and Bethea?
This comparison is drawn from 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves and 16 bouts tracked for Wayne Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bygraves72bouts

Bethea16bouts

How They Win ↓

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