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Joe Ngidi vs Rubin Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Ngidi

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Rubin Carter

Joe Ngidi (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) and Rubin Carter (27-12-1) 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.

Ngidi

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Carter

27

Wins19 KO · 70%

12

Losses

1

Draw40 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

Carter leads 1–0

Joe Ngidi and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.

Joe Ngidi and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.
Met1965Sep 18Series
Joe NgidiFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rubin CarterFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Ngidi 0 · Carter 6 of 6 measurable rows
NgidiCarter
Record†
3-427-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
68.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.37%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
70% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.2
1.6
8.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
7
40

† 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

Reachnot held
Joe Ngidi: No reach on file
Rubin Carter: 72″
Agenot comparable
Joe Ngidi: 92
Rubin Carter: Died aged 76
Stance
Joe Ngidi: Not recorded
Rubin Carter: Orthodox

Joe Ngidi left, Rubin Carter 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 Ngidi3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Ngidi: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

Rubin Carter27 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Rubin Carter: 27 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (70%) and 8 on the cards (30%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 70%8 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Ngidi 7, Rubin Carter 40 — 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 Ngidi last boxed on Aug 9, 1969 — 20,895 days ago. Ngidi had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Brown Jun 1966Brown Jul 1966Perkins Mar 1967Cokes Jun 1968Little Aug 19691.6 tracked bouts per year

Rubin Carter has lost the most recent, to Juan Carlos Rivero. Carter last boxed on Aug 6, 1966.LLWDL

Morris Jan 1966Harrington Jan 1966Burford Feb 1966McClure Mar 1966Rivero Aug 19668.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Ngidi and Rubin Carter ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Ngidi and Rubin Carter met once on September 18, 1965, and Rubin Carter won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 18, 1965 · Carter · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ngidi or Carter?
Joe Ngidi is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rubin Carter is 27-12-1. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ngidi3–442.9%

Carter27–12–168.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ngidi or Carter?
Joe Ngidi has 0 knockout wins and Rubin Carter has 19. Rubin Carter has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ngidi0

Carter1970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ngidi and Carter have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Ngidi and Rubin Carter have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ngidi and Carter?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Joe Ngidi and 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ngidi7bouts

Carter40bouts

How They Win ↓

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