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Joe Okezie vs Ken Buchanan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Okezie

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

Joe Okezie (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Ken Buchanan (61-8) 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.

Okezie

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Buchanan

61

Wins27 KO · 44%

8

Losses

0

Draws69 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

Buchanan leads 1–0

Joe Okezie and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.

Joe Okezie and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.
Met1965Nov 22Series
Joe OkezieFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken BuchananFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Okezie 0 · Buchanan 4 of 4 measurable rows
OkezieBuchanan
Record†
0-161-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—44.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
1
69

† 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

Agenot comparable
Joe Okezie: 89
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Stance
Joe Okezie: Not recorded
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox

Joe Okezie left, Ken Buchanan 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 Okezie0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe Okezie: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Okezie yet.

Ken Buchanan61 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Ken Buchanan: 61 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (43%) and 35 on the cards (57%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 43%35 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Okezie 1, Ken Buchanan 69 — 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 Okezie last boxed on Nov 22, 1965 — 22,258 days ago. Okezie had lost the most recent, to Ken Buchanan.L

Buchanan Nov 1965

Ken Buchanan has lost four straight, after one straight win. Buchanan last boxed on Jan 25, 1982.WLLLL

Gwilliam Oct 1980Early Jan 1981Tinago Apr 1981Williams Nov 1981Feeney Jan 19824.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Okezie and Ken Buchanan ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Okezie and Ken Buchanan met once on November 22, 1965, and Ken Buchanan won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LNov 22, 1965 · Buchanan · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Okezie or Buchanan?
Joe Okezie is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Buchanan is 61-8. Ken Buchanan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Okezie0–10%

Buchanan61–888.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Okezie or Buchanan?
Joe Okezie has 0 knockout wins and Ken Buchanan has 27. Ken Buchanan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Okezie0

Buchanan2744.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Okezie and Buchanan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Okezie and Ken Buchanan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Okezie and Buchanan?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Joe Okezie and 69 bouts tracked for Ken Buchanan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Okezie1bout

Buchanan69bouts

How They Win ↓

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