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Joe Knight vs Melio Bettina — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Knight

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Melio Bettina

Joe Knight (125-19-18) and Melio Bettina (4-6-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 tracked bouts

Bettina

Tracked record

4–6–1

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

Bettina leads 1–0

Joe Knight and Melio Bettina have met 1 time; Bettina leads 1–0.

Joe Knight and Melio Bettina have met 1 time; Bettina leads 1–0.
Met1937Jun 18Series
Joe KnightFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Melio BettinaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Knight 7 · Bettina 0 of 7 measurable rows
KnightBettina
Record†
125-19-18 (edge)4-6-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
40.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 66
66 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.8%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
25%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 15.6
15.6 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
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 Knight: 6′0″
Melio Bettina: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Knight: 74″
Melio Bettina: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Melio Bettina: Died aged 80
Stance
Joe Knight: Southpaw
Melio Bettina: Not recorded

Joe Knight left, Melio Bettina 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 Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Melio Bettina4 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Melio Bettina: 4 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (25%) and 3 on the cards (75%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 25%3 on the cards 75%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Knight 164, Melio Bettina 11 — 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 Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Melio Bettina has lost the most recent, to Gus Lesnevich. Bettina last boxed on May 23, 1947.LWLDL

Christoforidis Jan 1941Bivins Nov 1941Bivins Sep 1943Bivins Mar 1945Lesnevich May 19471.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Knight and Melio Bettina ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Knight and Melio Bettina met once on June 18, 1937, and Melio Bettina won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 18, 1937 · Bettina · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Knight or Bettina?
Joe Knight is 125-19-18 and Melio Bettina is 4-6-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Knight has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Knight125–19–1882.7%

Bettina4–6–140.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Knight or Bettina?
Joe Knight has 66 knockout wins and Melio Bettina has 0. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Knight6652.8%

Bettina0

The Numbers ↓
Do Knight and Bettina have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Knight and Melio Bettina have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Knight and Bettina?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight and 11 bouts tracked for Melio Bettina. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Knight164bouts

Bettina11bouts

How They Win ↓

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