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Joe Knight vs Yale Okun — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Knight

Yale Okun

Joe Knight (125-19-18) and Yale Okun (3-8-1 across 12 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.

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 tracked bouts

Okun

Tracked record

3–8–1

counted from 12 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 Yale Okun have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.

Joe Knight and Yale Okun have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.
Met1931May 22Series
Joe KnightFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Yale OkunFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Knight 7 · Okun 0 of 7 measurable rows
KnightOkun
Record†
125-19-18 (edge)3-8-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
29.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 66
66 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.8%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 15.6
15.6 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
12

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

Joe Knight left, Yale Okun 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%

Yale Okun3 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Yale Okun: 3 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (33%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (67%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 33%2 by another method or unrecorded 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Knight 164, Yale Okun 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Knight better on 1

Knight

Opponent

Okun

  • Joe Knight

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1934

    Win, PTS

    1932

    RosenbloomKnight better

    Yale Okun

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1929

    Draw, PTS

    1925

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 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

Yale Okun last boxed on Nov 23, 1934 — 33,570 days ago. Okun had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Braddock Aug 1929Rosenbloom Dec 1929Knight May 1931Lewis Apr 1932Lewis Nov 19341.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Knight and Yale Okun ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Knight and Yale Okun met once on May 22, 1931, and Joe Knight won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WMay 22, 1931 · Knight · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Knight or Okun?
Joe Knight is 125-19-18 and Yale Okun is 3-8-1 across the 12 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%

Okun3–8–129.2%

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

Knight6652.8%

Okun0

The Numbers ↓
Do Knight and Okun have any common opponents?
Joe Knight and Yale Okun share 1 common opponent: Maxie Rosenbloom. Joe Knight fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Maxie Rosenbloom1–0–10–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Knight and Okun?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight and 12 bouts tracked for Yale Okun. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Knight164bouts

Okun12bouts

How They Win ↓

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