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Joe Knight vs Spike Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Knight

Spike Kelly

Joe Knight (125-19-18) and Spike Kelly (1-2-1 across 4 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

Kelly

Tracked record

1–2–1

counted from 4 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

Knight leads 1–0

Joe Knight and Spike Kelly have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.

Joe Knight and Spike Kelly have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.
Met1929Aug 15Series
Joe KnightFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Spike KellyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Knight 7 · Kelly 0 of 7 measurable rows
KnightKelly
Record†
125-19-18 (edge)1-2-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
37.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 66
66 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.8%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 15.6
15.6 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
4

† 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″
Spike Kelly: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Knight: 74″
Spike Kelly: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Spike Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Knight: Southpaw
Spike Kelly: Not recorded

Joe Knight left, Spike Kelly 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%

Spike Kelly1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Spike Kelly: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Knight 164, Spike Kelly 4 — 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

Spike Kelly last boxed on Aug 15, 1929 — 35,496 days ago. Kelly had lost the most recent, to Joe Knight.WLDL

Bronson Jan 1913Gibbons Oct 1913Miske Feb 1914Knight Aug 19290.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Knight and Spike Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Knight and Spike Kelly met once on August 15, 1929, and Joe Knight won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WAug 15, 1929 · Knight · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Knight or Kelly?
Joe Knight is 125-19-18 and Spike Kelly is 1-2-1 across the 4 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%

Kelly1–2–137.5%

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

Knight6652.8%

Kelly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Knight and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Knight and Spike Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Knight and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight and 4 bouts tracked for Spike Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Knight164bouts

Kelly4bouts

How They Win ↓

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