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Joe Gholston vs John Conteh — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Gholston

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John Conteh

Joe Gholston (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and John Conteh (34-4-1) 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.

Gholston

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Conteh

34

Wins24 KO · 71%

4

Losses

1

Draw39 tracked bouts

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

Conteh leads 1–0

Joe Gholston and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.

Joe Gholston and John Conteh have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.
Met1972Apr 25Series
Joe GholstonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John ContehFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Gholston 0 · Conteh 6 of 6 measurable rows
GholstonConteh
Record†
0-234-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.59%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.5
0.5
4.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
2
39

† 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 Gholston: No height on file
John Conteh: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Joe Gholston: No reach on file
John Conteh: 76″
Agenot held
Joe Gholston: No date of birth
John Conteh: 75
Stance
Joe Gholston: Not recorded
John Conteh: Orthodox

Joe Gholston left, John Conteh 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 Gholston0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Joe Gholston: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gholston yet.

John Conteh34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

John Conteh: 34 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (71%) and 10 on the cards (29%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 71%10 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Gholston 2, John Conteh 39 — 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 Gholston last boxed on Jan 29, 1976 — 18,528 days ago. Gholston had lost two straight.LL

Conteh Apr 1972Holmes Jan 19760.5 tracked bouts per year

John Conteh last boxed on May 31, 1980 — 16,944 days ago. Conteh had won once since back-to-back losses to Matthew Saad Muhammad.DWLLW

Burnett Apr 1979Brown Jun 1979Muhammad Aug 1979Muhammad Mar 1980Dixon May 19804.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Gholston and John Conteh ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Gholston and John Conteh met once on April 25, 1972, and John Conteh won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LApr 25, 1972 · Conteh · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gholston or Conteh?
Joe Gholston is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and John Conteh is 34-4-1. John Conteh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gholston0–20%

Conteh34–4–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gholston or Conteh?
Joe Gholston has 0 knockout wins and John Conteh has 24. John Conteh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gholston0

Conteh2470.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gholston and Conteh have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Gholston and John Conteh have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gholston and Conteh?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Joe Gholston and 39 bouts tracked for John Conteh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gholston2bouts

Conteh39bouts

How They Win ↓

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