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John Kellie vs Johnny Owen — record, stats and common opponents compared

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John Kellie

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Johnny Owen

John Kellie (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Johnny Owen (25-2-1) 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.

Kellie

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Owen

25

Wins11 KO · 44%

2

Losses

1

Draw28 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

Owen leads 1–0

John Kellie and Johnny Owen have met 1 time; Owen leads 1–0.

John Kellie and Johnny Owen have met 1 time; Owen leads 1–0.
Met1977Apr 25Series
John KellieFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny OwenFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Kellie 0 · Owen 3 of 3 measurable rows
KellieOwen
Record†
0-125-2-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
91.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 11
0
11 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—44%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
1
28

† 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 Kellie: No height on file
Johnny Owen: 5′8″
Agenot held
John Kellie: No date of birth
Johnny Owen: Died aged 24

John Kellie left, Johnny Owen right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
John Kellie0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Kellie: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kellie yet.

Johnny Owen25 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Johnny Owen: 25 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (44%) and 14 on the cards (56%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 44%14 on the cards 56%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Kellie 1, Johnny Owen 28 — 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 Kellie last boxed on Apr 25, 1977 — 18,073 days ago. Kellie had lost the most recent, to Johnny Owen.L

Owen Apr 1977

Johnny Owen had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Lupe Pintor. Owen last boxed on Sep 19, 1980.WWWWL

Vasquez Nov 1979Davies Jan 1980Rodríguez Feb 1980Feeney Jun 1980Pintor Sep 19807.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Kellie and Johnny Owen ever fought each other?
Yes. John Kellie and Johnny Owen met once on April 25, 1977, and Johnny Owen won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LApr 25, 1977 · Owen · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kellie or Owen?
John Kellie is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Owen is 25-2-1. Johnny Owen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kellie0–10%

Owen25–2–191.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kellie or Owen?
John Kellie has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Owen has 11. Johnny Owen has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kellie0

Owen1144%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kellie and Owen have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Kellie and Johnny Owen have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kellie and Owen?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Kellie and 28 bouts tracked for Johnny Owen. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kellie1bout

Owen28bouts

How They Win ↓

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