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Johnny Owen vs Jose Garcia — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Owen

Jose Garcia

Johnny Owen (25-2-1) and Jose Garcia (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Owen

25

Wins11 KO · 44%

2

Losses

1

Draw28 tracked bouts

Garcia

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Owen leads 1–0

Johnny Owen and Jose Garcia have met 1 time; Owen leads 1–0.

Johnny Owen and Jose Garcia have met 1 time; Owen leads 1–0.
Met1979Oct 4Series
Johnny OwenFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jose GarciaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Owen 6 · Garcia 0 of 6 measurable rows
OwenGarcia
Record†
25-2-1 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
91.1% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 11
11 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
44%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
44%—
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 7.1
7.1 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
3

† 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 Owen: 5′8″
Jose Garcia: No height on file
Agenot held
Johnny Owen: Died aged 24
Jose Garcia: No date of birth

Johnny Owen left, Jose Garcia right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Owen25 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Johnny Owen: 25 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (44%) and 14 on the cards (56%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 44%14 on the cards 56%

Jose Garcia0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jose Garcia: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Garcia yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Owen 28, Jose Garcia 3 — 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 Owen had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Lupe Pintor. Owen last boxed on Sep 19, 1980.WWWWL

Vasquez Nov 1979Davies Jan 1980Rodríguez Feb 1980Feeney Jun 1980Pintor Sep 19807.1 tracked bouts per year

Jose Garcia last boxed on Oct 4, 1979 — 17,186 days ago. Garcia had lost three straight.LLL

Glick Aug 1928González Feb 1960Owen Oct 19790.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Owen and Jose Garcia ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Owen and Jose Garcia met once on October 4, 1979, and Johnny Owen won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WOct 4, 1979 · Owen · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Owen or Garcia?
Johnny Owen is 25-2-1 and Jose Garcia is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Owen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Owen25–2–191.1%

Garcia0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Owen or Garcia?
Johnny Owen has 11 knockout wins and Jose Garcia has 0. Johnny Owen has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Owen1144%

Garcia0

The Numbers ↓
Do Owen and Garcia have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Owen and Jose Garcia have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Owen and Garcia?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Johnny Owen and 3 bouts tracked for Jose Garcia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Owen28bouts

Garcia3bouts

How They Win ↓

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