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.
John L. Gardner (3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) and Ossie Ocasio (23-13-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
John L. Gardner vs Ossie Ocasio — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
John L. Gardner leads 1–0- John L. Gardner wonOcasio vs GardnerMar 17, 1981 · KO · R6
The Numbers
- 3-2
- Record
- 23-13-1 (edge)
- 60%
- Win %
- 63.5% (edge)
- 2
- Wins by knockout
- 12 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 52.17%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 52%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 2.3 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 38
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′0″ (182 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- 73
- Age
- 71
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Puerto Rican
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn L. Gardner · 3 wins
KO/TKO
3
Decision
0
Other
0
Ossie Ocasio · 23 wins
KO/TKO
12
Decision
11
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 38 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJohn L. Gardner
LKO R4 · Jun 1981Ossie Ocasio
LTKO R1 · Jun 1980LTKO R1 · Jun 1980DSD · Apr 1980
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
John L. Gardner
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Jun 12, 1981
Ossie Ocasio
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Nov 23, 1992
Common Questions
- Have John L. Gardner and Ossie Ocasio ever fought each other?
- Yes. John L. Gardner and Ossie Ocasio met once on March 17, 1981, and John L. Gardner won by KO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, John L. Gardner or Ossie Ocasio?
- John L. Gardner is 3-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ossie Ocasio is 23-13-1. Ossie Ocasio has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, John L. Gardner or Ossie Ocasio?
- John L. Gardner has 2 knockout wins and Ossie Ocasio has 12. Ossie Ocasio has more.
- Do John L. Gardner and Ossie Ocasio have any common opponents?
- John L. Gardner and Ossie Ocasio share 2 common opponents: Michael Dokes and Jimmy Young. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John L. Gardner and Ossie Ocasio?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for John L. Gardner and 38 bouts tracked for Ossie Ocasio. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.