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Johnny Rice vs Paul Pender — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Rice

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Paul Pender

Johnny Rice (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Paul Pender (40-6-2) 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.

Rice

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Pender

40

Wins20 KO · 50%

6

Losses

2

Draws48 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

Pender leads 1–0

Johnny Rice and Paul Pender have met 1 time; Pender leads 1–0.

Johnny Rice and Paul Pender have met 1 time; Pender leads 1–0.
Met1949Apr 11Series
Johnny RiceFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul PenderFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Rice 1 · Pender 4 of 5 measurable rows
RicePender
Record†
0-140-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
1
48

† 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 Rice: No height on file
Paul Pender: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Johnny Rice: No reach on file
Paul Pender: 72″
Agenot held
Johnny Rice: No date of birth
Paul Pender: Died aged 72
Stance
Johnny Rice: Not recorded
Paul Pender: Orthodox

Johnny Rice left, Paul Pender 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 Rice0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

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

No tracked wins for Rice yet.

Paul Pender40 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Paul Pender: 40 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (50%), 19 on the cards (48%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 50%19 on the cards 48%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Rice 1, Paul Pender 48 — 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 Rice last boxed on Apr 11, 1949 — 28,316 days ago. Rice had lost the most recent, to Paul Pender.L

Pender Apr 1949

Paul Pender has won once since losing by stoppage to Terry Downes. Pender last boxed on Apr 7, 1962.WWWLW

Robinson Jun 1960Downes Jan 1961Basilio Apr 1961Downes Jul 1961Downes Apr 19623.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Rice and Paul Pender ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Rice and Paul Pender met once on April 11, 1949, and Paul Pender won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LApr 11, 1949 · Pender · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rice or Pender?
Johnny Rice is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Paul Pender is 40-6-2. Paul Pender has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Rice0–10%

Pender40–6–285.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rice or Pender?
Johnny Rice has 0 knockout wins and Paul Pender has 20. Paul Pender has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rice0

Pender2050%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rice and Pender have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Rice and Paul Pender have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rice and Pender?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Rice and 48 bouts tracked for Paul Pender. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rice1bout

Pender48bouts

How They Win ↓

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