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John Conteh vs Rüdiger Schmidtke — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John Conteh

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Rüdiger Schmidtke

John Conteh (34-4-1) and Rüdiger Schmidtke (3-2 across 5 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.

Conteh

34

Wins24 KO · 71%

4

Losses

1

Draw39 tracked bouts

Schmidtke

Tracked record

3–2

counted from 5 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 Rüdiger Schmidtke have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.

John Conteh and Rüdiger Schmidtke have met 1 time; Conteh leads 1–0.
Met1973Mar 13Series
John ContehFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rüdiger SchmidtkeFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR121Meeting

The Numbers

Conteh 7 · Schmidtke 0 of 7 measurable rows
ContehSchmidtke
Record†
34-4-1 (edge)3-2
Win %0–100%
88.5% (edge)
60%
Wins by knockoutmax 24
24 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.59%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.5
4.5 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
5

† 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″
Rüdiger Schmidtke: No height on file
Reachnot held
John Conteh: 76″
Rüdiger Schmidtke: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
John Conteh: 75
Rüdiger Schmidtke: Died aged 79
Stance
John Conteh: Orthodox
Rüdiger Schmidtke: Not recorded

John Conteh left, Rüdiger Schmidtke 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%

Rüdiger Schmidtke3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Rüdiger Schmidtke: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Conteh 39, Rüdiger Schmidtke 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Conteh

Opponent

Schmidtke

  • John Conteh

    Win, TKO 9

    1973

    RondónEven

    Rüdiger Schmidtke

    Win, PTS

    1973

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

John Conteh last boxed on May 31, 1980 — 16,941 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

Rüdiger Schmidtke had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Avenamar Peralta. Schmidtke last boxed on Jan 31, 1975.WWLWL

Grupe Nov 1969Grupe Dec 1970Conteh Mar 1973Rondón Nov 1973Peralta Jan 19751 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Conteh and Rüdiger Schmidtke ever fought each other?
Yes. John Conteh and Rüdiger Schmidtke met once on March 13, 1973, and John Conteh won by TKO in round 12.
The meeting

WMar 13, 1973 · Conteh · TKO R12

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Conteh or Schmidtke?
John Conteh is 34-4-1 and Rüdiger Schmidtke is 3-2 across the 5 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%

Schmidtke3–260%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Conteh or Schmidtke?
John Conteh has 24 knockout wins and Rüdiger Schmidtke has 0. John Conteh has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Conteh2470.6%

Schmidtke0

The Numbers ↓
Do Conteh and Schmidtke have any common opponents?
John Conteh and Rüdiger Schmidtke share 1 common opponent: Vicente Rondón. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Vicente RondónWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Conteh and Schmidtke?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for John Conteh and 5 bouts tracked for Rüdiger Schmidtke. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Conteh39bouts

Schmidtke5bouts

How They Win ↓

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