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Johnny Bates vs Ken Overlin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Bates

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Ken Overlin

Johnny Bates (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Ken Overlin (136-19-10) 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.

Bates

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Overlin

136

Wins24 KO · 18%

19

Losses

10

Draws167 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

Overlin leads 1–0

Johnny Bates and Ken Overlin have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.

Johnny Bates and Ken Overlin have met 1 time; Overlin leads 1–0.
Met1933Nov 10Series
Johnny BatesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken OverlinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bates 1 · Overlin 3 of 4 measurable rows
BatesOverlin
Record†
0-1136-19-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 24
0
24 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—17.65%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—18%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—14.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 167
1
167

† 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
Johnny Bates: No height on file
Ken Overlin: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Johnny Bates: No reach on file
Ken Overlin: 70″
Agenot held
Johnny Bates: No date of birth
Ken Overlin: Died aged 58
Stance
Johnny Bates: Not recorded
Ken Overlin: Orthodox

Johnny Bates left, Ken Overlin right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Bates0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Bates: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bates yet.

Ken Overlin136 wins · from 167 tracked bouts

Ken Overlin: 136 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (18%) and 112 on the cards (82%). Counted from 167 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 18%112 on the cards 82%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Bates 1, Ken Overlin 167 — 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

Johnny Bates last boxed on Nov 10, 1933 — 33,956 days ago. Bates had lost the most recent, to Ken Overlin.L

Overlin Nov 1933

Ken Overlin has won four straight since a draw with Fred Apostoli. Overlin last boxed on Sep 26, 1942.DWWWW

Apostoli Jun 1942Donnelly Aug 1942LaBoa Sep 1942Hartnek Sep 1942Lewis Sep 194214.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Bates and Ken Overlin ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Bates and Ken Overlin met once on November 10, 1933, and Ken Overlin won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 10, 1933 · Overlin · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bates or Overlin?
Johnny Bates is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Overlin is 136-19-10. Ken Overlin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bates0–10%

Overlin136–19–1085.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bates or Overlin?
Johnny Bates has 0 knockout wins and Ken Overlin has 24. Ken Overlin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bates0

Overlin2417.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bates and Overlin have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Bates and Ken Overlin have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bates and Overlin?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Bates and 167 bouts tracked for Ken Overlin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bates1bout

Overlin167bouts

How They Win ↓

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