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 Montes (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
John Montes vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Pernell Whitaker leads 1–0- Pernell Whitaker wonWhitaker vs MontesMar 9, 1986 · UD
The Numbers
- 1-6
- Record
- 40-4-1 (edge)
- 14.3%
- Win %
- 90% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 17 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 42.5%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 43%
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 7 (edge)
- 0.2
- Bouts per year
- 2.8 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 46
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
- 5′6″ (168 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 69″ (175 cm)
- —
- Age
- 62
- —
- Stance
- Southpaw
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Montes · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Pernell Whitaker · 40 wins
KO/TKO
17
Decision
23
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 46 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
John Montes
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Jun 8, 2013
Pernell Whitaker
LLNCLW
L2 streak · last fought Apr 27, 2001
Common Questions
- Have John Montes and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
- Yes. John Montes and Pernell Whitaker met once on March 9, 1986, and Pernell Whitaker won by UD.
- Who has the better record, John Montes or Pernell Whitaker?
- John Montes is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, John Montes or Pernell Whitaker?
- John Montes has 1 knockout win and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Pernell Whitaker has more.
- Do John Montes and Pernell Whitaker have any common opponents?
- John Montes and Pernell Whitaker share 1 common opponent: Freddie Pendleton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John Montes and Pernell Whitaker?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for John Montes and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.