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Johnny Best vs Randy Turpin — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Best

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Randy Turpin

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.

Best

Tracked record

1–2–2

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Turpin

66

Wins45 KO · 68%

8

Losses

1

Draw75 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

Turpin leads 1–0

Johnny Best and Randy Turpin have met 1 time; Turpin leads 1–0.

Johnny Best and Randy Turpin have met 1 time; Turpin leads 1–0.
Met1947Feb 18Series
Johnny BestFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Randy TurpinFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Best 2 · Turpin 4 of 6 measurable rows
BestTurpin
Record†
1-2-266-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
88.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 45
1
45 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
68%
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
0.2
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 75
5
75

† 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

Reachnot held
Johnny Best: No reach on file
Randy Turpin: 74″
Agenot held
Johnny Best: No date of birth
Randy Turpin: Died aged 37
Stance
Johnny Best: Not recorded
Randy Turpin: Orthodox

Johnny Best left, Randy Turpin 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 Best1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Best: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Randy Turpin66 wins · from 75 tracked bouts

Randy Turpin: 66 tracked wins — 45 by KO/TKO (68%), 17 on the cards (26%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 75 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

45 by KO/TKO 68%17 on the cards 26%4 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Best 5, Randy Turpin 75 — 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 Best last boxed on Feb 18, 1947 — 29,099 days ago. Best had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Randy Turpin.DDLWL

Smith Mar 1915Smith May 1915Wilde Dec 1915Turpin Nov 1946Turpin Feb 19470.2 tracked bouts per year

Randy Turpin has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Yolande Pompey. Turpin last boxed on Aug 22, 1963.WWLWW

Wright Apr 1958Sangoe Jul 1958Pompey Sep 1958Marcano Mar 1963Seguna Aug 19634.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LFeb 18, 1947 · Turpin · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Best or 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.
Records · win %

Best1–2–240%

Turpin66–8–188.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Best or Turpin?
Johnny Best has 1 knockout win and Randy Turpin has 45. Randy Turpin has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Best1

Turpin4568.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Best and 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 Best and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Best5bouts

Turpin75bouts

How They Win ↓

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