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.
Johnny Best (1-2-2 across 5 tracked bouts) and Randy Turpin (66-8-1) 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.
Johnny Best vs Randy Turpin — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Randy Turpin leads 1–0- Randy Turpin wonTurpin vs BestFeb 18, 1947 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 1-2-2
- Record
- 66-8-1 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 88.7% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 45 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 68.18%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 68%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.2
- Bouts per year
- 4.4 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 75
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
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (189 cm)
- —
- Age
- 98
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Best · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Randy Turpin · 66 wins
KO/TKO
45
Decision
17
Other
4
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 75 respectively), 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
Johnny Best
LWLDD
L1 streak · last fought Feb 18, 1947
Randy Turpin
WWLWW
W2 streak · last fought Aug 22, 1963
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Best and Randy Turpin ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Best and Randy Turpin met once on February 18, 1947, and Randy Turpin won by TKO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Best or Randy Turpin?
- Johnny Best is 1-2-2 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Randy Turpin is 66-8-1. Randy Turpin has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Best or Randy Turpin?
- Johnny Best has 1 knockout win and Randy Turpin has 45. Randy Turpin has more.
- Do Johnny Best and Randy Turpin have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Best and Randy Turpin have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Best and Randy Turpin?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Best and 75 bouts tracked for Randy Turpin. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.