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John Conteh vs Les Stevens — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John Conteh

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Les Stevens

John Conteh (34-4-1) and Les Stevens (1-3 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.

Conteh

34

Wins24 KO · 71%

4

Losses

1

Draw39 tracked bouts

Stevens

Tracked record

1–3

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

Conteh leads 1–0

John Conteh and Les Stevens have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.

John Conteh and Les Stevens have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.
Met1974Feb 12Series
John ContehFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Les StevensFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Conteh 5 · Stevens 2 of 7 measurable rows
ContehStevens
Record†
34-4-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
88.5% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
70.59%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.5
4.5 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
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
John Conteh: 6′0″
Les Stevens: No height on file
Reachnot held
John Conteh: 76″
Les Stevens: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
John Conteh: 75
Les Stevens: Died aged 69
Stance
John Conteh: Orthodox
Les Stevens: Not recorded

John Conteh left, Les Stevens right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Conteh34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

John Conteh: 34 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (71%) and 10 on the cards (29%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 71%10 on the cards 29%

Les Stevens1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Les Stevens: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Conteh 39, Les Stevens 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

John Conteh last boxed on May 31, 1980 — 16,942 days ago. Conteh had won once since back-to-back losses to Matthew Saad Muhammad.DWLLW

Burnett Apr 1979Brown Jun 1979Muhammad Aug 1979Muhammad Mar 1980Dixon May 19804.5 tracked bouts per year

Les Stevens has lost three straight, after one straight win. Stevens last boxed on Apr 22, 1974.WLLL

Avoth Mar 1972Johnson Jun 1973Conteh Feb 1974Young Apr 19741.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Conteh and Les Stevens ever fought each other?
Yes. John Conteh and Les Stevens met once on February 12, 1974, and John Conteh won by PTS.
The meeting

WFeb 12, 1974 · Conteh · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Conteh or Stevens?
John Conteh is 34-4-1 and Les Stevens is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. John Conteh has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Conteh34–4–188.5%

Stevens1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Conteh or Stevens?
John Conteh has 24 knockout wins and Les Stevens has 1. John Conteh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Conteh2470.6%

Stevens1

The Numbers ↓
Do Conteh and Stevens have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Conteh and Les Stevens have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Conteh and Stevens?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for John Conteh and 4 bouts tracked for Les Stevens. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Conteh39bouts

Stevens4bouts

How They Win ↓

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