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John L. Gardner vs Michael Dokes — record, stats and common opponents compared

John L. Gardner

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Michael Dokes

John L. Gardner (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and Michael Dokes (53-6-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Gardner

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Dokes

53

Wins33 KO · 62%

6

Losses

2

Draws61 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

Dokes leads 1–0

John L. Gardner and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.

John L. Gardner and Michael Dokes have met 1 time; Dokes leads 1–0.
Met1981Jun 12Series
John L. GardnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael DokesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Gardner 2 · Dokes 5 of 7 measurable rows
GardnerDokes
Record†
4-253-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
66.7%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
3
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
64%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.9
1.3
2.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
6
61

† 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 L. Gardner: No height on file
Michael Dokes: 6′3″
Reachnot held
John L. Gardner: No reach on file
Michael Dokes: 78″
Agenot comparable
John L. Gardner: 73
Michael Dokes: Died aged 54
Stance
John L. Gardner: Not recorded
Michael Dokes: Orthodox

John L. Gardner left, Michael Dokes 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 L. Gardner4 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

John L. Gardner: 4 tracked wins — 4 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 by KO/TKO 100%

Michael Dokes53 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Michael Dokes: 53 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (64%), 18 on the cards (34%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 64%18 on the cards 34%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John L. Gardner 6, Michael Dokes 61 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Dokes better on 1 · even on 1

Gardner

Opponent

Dokes

  • John L. Gardner

    Win, KO 6

    1981

    OcasioEven

    Michael Dokes

    1–0–1 against

    Win, TKO 1

    1980

    Draw, SD

    1980

  • John L. Gardner

    Loss, PTS

    1979

    YoungDokes better

    Michael Dokes

    Win, UD

    1979

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 L. Gardner last boxed on Jun 12, 1981 — 16,564 days ago. Gardner had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Michael Dokes.WLWWL

Ekwelum May 1977Young Dec 1979Gauwe Apr 1980Ocasio Mar 1981Dokes Jun 19811.3 tracked bouts per year

Michael Dokes has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Dokes last boxed on Oct 11, 1997.WWWLL

Slaughter Nov 1995Fiddler Jul 1996Davis Dec 1996Monaco Apr 1997Phillips Oct 19972.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John L. Gardner and Michael Dokes ever fought each other?
Yes. John L. Gardner and Michael Dokes met once on June 12, 1981, and Michael Dokes won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LJun 12, 1981 · Dokes · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gardner or Dokes?
John L. Gardner is 4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Michael Dokes is 53-6-2. Michael Dokes has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gardner4–266.7%

Dokes53–6–288.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gardner or Dokes?
John L. Gardner has 3 knockout wins and Michael Dokes has 33. Michael Dokes has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gardner3

Dokes3362.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gardner and Dokes have any common opponents?
John L. Gardner and Michael Dokes share 2 common opponents: Ossie Ocasio and Jimmy Young. Michael Dokes fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Ossie OcasioW1–0–1

Jimmy YoungLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gardner and Dokes?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for John L. Gardner and 61 bouts tracked for Michael Dokes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gardner6bouts

Dokes61bouts

How They Win ↓

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