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Johnny Bratton vs Melvin Bartholomew — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Bratton

Melvin Bartholomew

Johnny Bratton (60-24-3) and Melvin Bartholomew (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Bratton

60

Wins34 KO · 57%

24

Losses

3

Draws87 tracked bouts

Bartholomew

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Bratton leads 2–0

Johnny Bratton and Melvin Bartholomew have met 2 times; Bratton leads 2–0.

Johnny Bratton and Melvin Bartholomew have met 2 times; Bratton leads 2–0.
Met1945May 141949Jan 7Series
Johnny BrattonFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Melvin BartholomewFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOR4PTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Bratton 6 · Bartholomew 1 of 7 measurable rows
BrattonBartholomew
Record†
60-24-3 (edge)2-5
Win %0–100%
70.7% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
56.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
57% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 87
87
7

† 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

Agenot held
Johnny Bratton: Died aged 65
Melvin Bartholomew: No date of birth
Stance
Johnny Bratton: Orthodox
Melvin Bartholomew: Not recorded

Johnny Bratton left, Melvin Bartholomew 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 Bratton60 wins · from 87 tracked bouts

Johnny Bratton: 60 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (57%) and 26 on the cards (43%). Counted from 87 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 57%26 on the cards 43%

Melvin Bartholomew2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Melvin Bartholomew: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Bratton 87, Melvin Bartholomew 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Bratton better on 1

Bratton

Opponent

Bartholomew

  • Johnny Bratton

    Win, KO 4

    1948

    BrownBratton better

    Melvin Bartholomew

    2–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1952

    Loss, UD

    1947

    Win, UD

    1947

    Win, KO 3

    1945

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Bratton has lost four straight, after one straight win. Bratton last boxed on Mar 17, 1955.WLLLL

Wilson Oct 1953Gavilán Nov 1953Saxton Feb 1954Varona Oct 1954Flanagan Mar 19558.1 tracked bouts per year

Melvin Bartholomew last boxed on Jul 11, 1952 — 27,128 days ago. Bartholomew had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Brown Mar 1947Saddler May 1947Brown Jul 1947Bratton Jan 1949Brown Jul 19521 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Bratton and Melvin Bartholomew ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Bratton and Melvin Bartholomew have met 2 times and Johnny Bratton leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJan 7, 1949 · Bratton · PTS

WMay 14, 1945 · Bratton · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bratton or Bartholomew?
Johnny Bratton is 60-24-3 and Melvin Bartholomew is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Bratton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Bratton60–24–370.7%

Bartholomew2–528.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bratton or Bartholomew?
Johnny Bratton has 34 knockout wins and Melvin Bartholomew has 1. Johnny Bratton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bratton3456.7%

Bartholomew1

The Numbers ↓
Do Bratton and Bartholomew have any common opponents?
Johnny Bratton and Melvin Bartholomew share 1 common opponent: Joe Brown. Johnny Bratton fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joe BrownW2–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bratton and Bartholomew?
This comparison is drawn from 87 bouts tracked for Johnny Bratton and 7 bouts tracked for Melvin Bartholomew. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bratton87bouts

Bartholomew7bouts

How They Win ↓

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