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John James vs Kabary Salem — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John James

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Kabary Salem

John James (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Kabary Salem (23-5) 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.

James

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Salem

23

Wins12 KO · 52%

5

Losses

0

Draws29 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

Salem leads 1–0

John James and Kabary Salem have met 1 time; Salem leads 1–0.

John James and Kabary Salem have met 1 time; Salem leads 1–0.
Met1998Mar 27Series
John JamesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kabary SalemFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

James 0 · Salem 3 of 3 measurable rows
JamesSalem
Record†
0-223-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.17%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—52%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 29
2
29

† 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 held
John James: No date of birth
Kabary Salem: 58

John James left, Kabary Salem right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John James0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

John James: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for James yet.

Kabary Salem23 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

Kabary Salem: 23 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (52%) and 11 on the cards (48%). Counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 52%11 on the cards 48%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John James 2, Kabary Salem 29 — 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 James last boxed on Mar 27, 1998 — 10,441 days ago. James had lost two straight.LL

Sheika May 1997Salem Mar 1998

Kabary Salem last boxed on Sep 16, 2005 — 7,711 days ago. Salem had lost three straight.WNCLLL

Bowman Oct 2003Markussen Mar 2004Veit May 2004Calzaghe Oct 2004Bute Sep 20053.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John James and Kabary Salem ever fought each other?
Yes. John James and Kabary Salem met once on March 27, 1998, and Kabary Salem won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LMar 27, 1998 · Salem · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, James or Salem?
John James is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kabary Salem is 23-5. Kabary Salem has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

James0–20%

Salem23–582.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, James or Salem?
John James has 0 knockout wins and Kabary Salem has 12. Kabary Salem has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

James0

Salem1252.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do James and Salem have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John James and Kabary Salem have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on James and Salem?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for John James and 29 bouts tracked for Kabary Salem. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

James2bouts

Salem29bouts

How They Win ↓

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