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Joey Singleton vs Kirkland Laing — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joey Singleton

🇬🇧WELTERWEIGHT

Kirkland Laing

Joey Singleton (27-11-2) and Kirkland Laing (43-12-1) 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.

Singleton

27

Wins7 KO · 26%

11

Losses

2

Draws39 tracked bouts

Laing

43

Wins24 KO · 56%

12

Losses

1

Draw5 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Laing leads 1–0

Joey Singleton and Kirkland Laing have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.

Joey Singleton and Kirkland Laing have met 1 time; Laing leads 1–0.
Met1980Nov 26Series
Joey SingletonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kirkland LaingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Singleton 2 · Laing 5 of 7 measurable rows
SingletonLaing
Record
27-11-243-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
70%
77.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
7
24 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
25.93%
55.81% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 4.2
4.2 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
5

† 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

Age3 yrs apart
Joey Singleton: 75
Kirkland Laing: 72
Stance
Joey Singleton: Orthodox
Kirkland Laing: Orthodox

Joey Singleton left, Kirkland Laing right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joey Singleton26 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Joey Singleton: 26 tracked wins — 7 by KO/TKO (27%) and 19 on the cards (73%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

7 by KO/TKO 27%19 on the cards 73%

Kirkland Laing2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Kirkland Laing: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joey Singleton 39, Kirkland Laing 5 — 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

Joey Singleton last boxed on Jun 17, 1982 — 16,166 days ago. Singleton had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Frank Ropis.DWWWL

Decaestecker Jul 1981Martey Feb 1982Eversteijn Mar 1982Gilpin Apr 1982Ropis Jun 19824.2 tracked bouts per year

Kirkland Laing last boxed on Nov 22, 1994 — 11,625 days ago. Laing had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Singleton Nov 1980Durán Sep 1982Smith Jan 1990Oliva Nov 1990Catley Nov 19940.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joey Singleton and Kirkland Laing ever fought each other?
Yes. Joey Singleton and Kirkland Laing met once on November 26, 1980, and Kirkland Laing won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 26, 1980 · Laing · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Singleton or Laing?
Joey Singleton is 27-11-2 and Kirkland Laing is 43-12-1. Kirkland Laing has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Singleton27–11–270%

Laing43–12–177.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Singleton or Laing?
Joey Singleton has 7 knockout wins and Kirkland Laing has 24. Kirkland Laing has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Singleton725.9%

Laing2455.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Singleton and Laing have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joey Singleton and Kirkland Laing have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Singleton and Laing?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Joey Singleton and 5 bouts tracked for Kirkland Laing. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Singleton39bouts

Laing5bouts

How They Win ↓

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