Have Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa met once on June 26, 1950, and Johnny Saxton won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Saxton or Koballa?

Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Mike Koballa is 1-5 across the 6 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 Koballa?

Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Mike Koballa has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.

Do Saxton and Koballa have any common opponents?

Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa share 3 common opponents: Carmen Basilio, Tiger Jones and Kid Gavilán. Johnny Saxton fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 6 bouts tracked for Mike Koballa. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny Saxton vs Mike Koballa — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Johnny Saxton

Mike Koballa

Johnny Saxton (55-9-2) and Mike Koballa (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Saxton

Wins21 KO · 38%

Losses

Draws66 tracked bouts

Koballa

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 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 Mike Koballa have met 1 time; Saxton leads 1–0.
Met	1950Jun 26	Series
Johnny SaxtonFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Mike KoballaFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSSaxton vs Koballa	1Meeting

Saxton vs Koballa · Jun 26, 1950

The Numbers

Saxton 6 · Koballa 1 of 7 measurable rows

SaxtonEdge = longer wingKoballa

Record^†: 55-9-2 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%: 84.8% (edge)
16.7%
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)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66: 66
6

† 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; Mike Koballa: No date of birth
Stance: Johnny Saxton: Orthodox; Mike Koballa: Not recorded

Johnny Saxton left, Mike Koballa 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%

Mike Koballa1 win · from 6 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, Mike Koballa 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Saxton better on 2 · Koballa better on 13 shared · Johnny Saxton better on 2 · Mike Koballa better on 1

SaxtonJohnny Saxton

Opponent

KoballaMike Koballa

Johnny Saxton
1–2 against
Loss, TKO 2
1957Feb 1957
Loss, TKO 9
1956Sep 1956
Win, UD
1956Mar 1956
BasilioCarmen BasilioUnited States 56–16–7Koballa betterMike Koballa better — 1–0 to 1–2
Mike Koballa
Win, UD
1950Mar 1950
Johnny Saxton
2–0 against
Win, UD
1955Nov 1955
Win, SD
1952Oct 1952
JonesTiger JonesUnited States 52–32–5Saxton betterJohnny Saxton better — 2–0 to 0–2
Mike Koballa
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1952Oct 1952
Loss, UD
1952Apr 1952
Johnny Saxton
Win, UD
1954Oct 1954
GavilánKid GavilánCuba 108–30–5Saxton betterJohnny Saxton better — 1–0 to 0–1
Mike Koballa
Loss, UD
1950Jun 1950

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

Mike Koballa last boxed on Oct 30, 1952 — 27,020 days ago. Koballa had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Basilio Mar 1950Gavilán Jun 1950Saxton Jun 1950Jones Apr 1952Jones Oct 19521.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa met once on June 26, 1950, and Johnny Saxton won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Saxton or Koballa?: Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Mike Koballa is 1-5 across the 6 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 Koballa?: Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Mike Koballa has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.
Do Saxton and Koballa have any common opponents?: Johnny Saxton and Mike Koballa share 3 common opponents: Carmen Basilio, Tiger Jones and Kid Gavilán. Johnny Saxton fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saxton and Koballa?: This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 6 bouts tracked for Mike Koballa. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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