Have Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings met once on June 4, 1952, and Johnny Saxton won by UD.

Who has the better record, Saxton or Rawlings?

Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Luther Rawlings is 1-4-2 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Saxton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Saxton or Rawlings?

Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Luther Rawlings has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.

Do Saxton and Rawlings have any common opponents?

Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings share 2 common opponents: Wallace Smith and Virgil Akins. Johnny Saxton fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saxton and Rawlings?

This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 7 bouts tracked for Luther Rawlings. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny Saxton vs Luther Rawlings — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Johnny Saxton

Luther Rawlings

Johnny Saxton (55-9-2) and Luther Rawlings (1-4-2 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Saxton

Wins21 KO · 38%

Losses

Draws66 tracked bouts

Rawlings

Tracked record

1–4–2

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

Saxton leads 1–0

Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.
Met	1952Jun 4	Series
Johnny SaxtonFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Luther RawlingsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDSaxton vs Rawlings	1Meeting

Saxton vs Rawlings · Jun 4, 1952

The Numbers

Saxton 6 · Rawlings 1 of 7 measurable rows

SaxtonEdge = longer wingRawlings

Record^†: 55-9-2 (edge)1-4-2
Win %0–100%: 84.8% (edge)
28.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 21: 21 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 38.18%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 38% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4: 4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 6.9: 6.9 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66: 66
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 Saxton: Died aged 78; Luther Rawlings: No date of birth
Stance: Johnny Saxton: Orthodox; Luther Rawlings: Not recorded

Johnny Saxton left, Luther Rawlings 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 Saxton55 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

21 by KO/TKO 38%33 on the cards 60%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Luther Rawlings1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Saxton 66, Luther Rawlings 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Saxton better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Johnny Saxton better on 1 · even on 1

SaxtonJohnny Saxton

Opponent

RawlingsLuther Rawlings

Johnny Saxton
Draw, SD
1954Mar 1954
SmithWallace SmithUnited States 31–24–6 · LightweightEvenEven — 0–0–1 both
Luther Rawlings
Draw, MD
1954May 1954
Johnny Saxton
Win, UD
1952Jul 1952
AkinsVirgil AkinsUnited States 60–31–2Saxton betterJohnny Saxton better — 1–0 to 1–1
Luther Rawlings
1–1 against
Win, PTS
1951Dec 1951
Loss, SD
1951Oct 1951

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 Saxton has lost two straight, after one straight win. Saxton last boxed on Dec 15, 1958.LLWLL

Basilio Feb 1957Miceli Sep 1957Allison Oct 1958Moyer Oct 1958Greene Dec 19586.9 tracked bouts per year

Luther Rawlings last boxed on May 19, 1954 — 26,452 days ago. Rawlings had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Wallace Smith.WLLDD

Akins Dec 1951Carter Mar 1952Saxton Jun 1952Brown Jun 1953Smith May 19541.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings met once on June 4, 1952, and Johnny Saxton won by UD.
Who has the better record, Saxton or Rawlings?: Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Luther Rawlings is 1-4-2 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Saxton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Saxton or Rawlings?: Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Luther Rawlings has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.
Do Saxton and Rawlings have any common opponents?: Johnny Saxton and Luther Rawlings share 2 common opponents: Wallace Smith and Virgil Akins. Johnny Saxton fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saxton and Rawlings?: This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 7 bouts tracked for Luther Rawlings. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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