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John Donnelly vs Paul Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John Donnelly

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Paul Butler

John Donnelly (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Paul Butler (36-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Donnelly

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

3

Losses

0

Draws39 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

Butler leads 1–0

John Donnelly and Paul Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

John Donnelly and Paul Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met2012Nov 9Series
John DonnellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Donnelly 1 · Butler 5 of 6 measurable rows
DonnellyButler
Record†
1-236-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
92.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—47.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
47%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3
1.2
3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
3
39

† 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 Donnelly: No height on file
Paul Butler: 5′6″
Reachnot held
John Donnelly: No reach on file
Paul Butler: 65″
Agenot held
John Donnelly: No date of birth
Paul Butler: 37
Stance
John Donnelly: Not recorded
Paul Butler: Orthodox

John Donnelly left, Paul Butler 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 Donnelly1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

John Donnelly: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Paul Butler36 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Paul Butler: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%) and 19 on the cards (53%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%19 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Donnelly 3, Paul Butler 39 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Butler better on 1

Donnelly

Opponent

Butler

  • John Donnelly

    Loss, TKO 5

    2011

    HallButler better

    Paul Butler

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    2017

    Win, SD

    2014

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 Donnelly last boxed on Nov 9, 2012 — 5,095 days ago. Donnelly had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Bell May 2010Hall Apr 2011Butler Nov 20121.2 tracked bouts per year

Paul Butler last boxed on Dec 8, 2023 — 1,049 days ago. Butler had won two straight since losing by stoppage to Naoya Inoue.WWLWW

Garcia Jun 2021Sultan Apr 2022Inoue Dec 2022Cervantes Jun 2023Ahmed Dec 20233 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Donnelly and Paul Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. John Donnelly and Paul Butler met once on November 9, 2012, and Paul Butler won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LNov 9, 2012 · Butler · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Donnelly or Butler?
John Donnelly is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Butler is 36-3. Paul Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Donnelly1–233.3%

Butler36–392.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Donnelly or Butler?
John Donnelly has 0 knockout wins and Paul Butler has 17. Paul Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Donnelly0

Butler1747.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Donnelly and Butler have any common opponents?
John Donnelly and Paul Butler share 1 common opponent: Stuart Hall. Paul Butler fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Stuart HallLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donnelly and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for John Donnelly and 39 bouts tracked for Paul Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Donnelly3bouts

Butler39bouts

How They Win ↓

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