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John L. Gardner vs Rudy Gauwe — record, stats and common opponents compared

John L. Gardner

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Rudy Gauwe

John L. Gardner (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and Rudy Gauwe (18-12-2) 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.

Gardner

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gauwe

18

Wins12 KO · 67%

12

Losses

2

Draws32 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

Gardner leads 1–0

John L. Gardner and Rudy Gauwe have met 1 time; Gardner leads 1–0.

John L. Gardner and Rudy Gauwe have met 1 time; Gardner leads 1–0.
Met1980Apr 22Series
John L. GardnerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rudy GauweFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gardner 4 · Gauwe 2 of 6 measurable rows
GardnerGauwe
Record†
4-2 (edge)18-12-2
Win %0–100%
66.7% (edge)
59.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
3
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
67%
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
1.3
3.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
6
32

† 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
Rudy Gauwe: 6′2″
Age2 yrs apart
John L. Gardner: 73
Rudy Gauwe: 75

John L. Gardner left, Rudy Gauwe right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

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%

Rudy Gauwe18 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Rudy Gauwe: 18 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (67%) and 6 on the cards (33%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 67%6 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John L. Gardner 6, Rudy Gauwe 32 — 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 L. Gardner last boxed on Jun 12, 1981 — 16,566 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

Rudy Gauwe last boxed on Feb 11, 1985 — 15,226 days ago. Gauwe had lost five straight.LLLLL

Bruno Nov 1982Hartmann Feb 1984Krol Oct 1984Eklund Oct 1984Oetelaar Feb 19853.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John L. Gardner and Rudy Gauwe ever fought each other?
Yes. John L. Gardner and Rudy Gauwe met once on April 22, 1980, and John L. Gardner won by RTD.
The meeting

WApr 22, 1980 · Gardner · RTD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gardner or Gauwe?
John L. Gardner is 4-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rudy Gauwe is 18-12-2. John L. Gardner has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gardner4–266.7%

Gauwe18–12–259.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gardner or Gauwe?
John L. Gardner has 3 knockout wins and Rudy Gauwe has 12. Rudy Gauwe has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gardner3

Gauwe1266.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gardner and Gauwe have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John L. Gardner and Rudy Gauwe have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gardner and Gauwe?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for John L. Gardner and 32 bouts tracked for Rudy Gauwe. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gardner6bouts

Gauwe32bouts

How They Win ↓

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