Have Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney ever fought each other?

Yes. Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney met once on February 11, 1955, and Ronnie Delaney won by UD.

Who has the better record, Saxton or Delaney?

Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Ronnie Delaney is 1-1 across the 2 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 Delaney?

Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Ronnie Delaney has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.

Do Saxton and Delaney have any common opponents?

Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney share 1 common opponent: Virgil Akins. Johnny Saxton fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 2 bouts tracked for Ronnie Delaney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Johnny Saxton vs Ronnie Delaney — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Johnny Saxton

Ronnie Delaney

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

Saxton

Wins21 KO · 38%

Losses

Draws66 tracked bouts

Delaney

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Delaney leads 1–0

Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.
Met	1955Feb 11	Series
Johnny SaxtonFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Ronnie DelaneyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDSaxton vs Delaney	1Meeting

Saxton vs Delaney · Feb 11, 1955

The Numbers

Saxton 5 · Delaney 1 of 6 measurable rows

SaxtonEdge = longer wingDelaney

Record^†: 55-9-2 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%: 84.8% (edge)
50%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4: 4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§not comparable: 6.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66: 66
2

† 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; Ronnie Delaney: No date of birth
Stance: Johnny Saxton: Orthodox; Ronnie Delaney: Not recorded

Johnny Saxton left, Ronnie Delaney 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%

Ronnie Delaney1 win · from 2 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, Ronnie Delaney 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Saxton better on 11 shared · Johnny Saxton better on 1

SaxtonJohnny Saxton

Opponent

DelaneyRonnie Delaney

Johnny Saxton
Win, UD
1952Jul 1952
AkinsVirgil AkinsUnited States 60–31–2Saxton betterJohnny Saxton better — 1–0 to 0–1
Ronnie Delaney
Loss, KO 8
1955May 1955

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

Ronnie Delaney last boxed on May 2, 1955 — 26,104 days ago. Delaney had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Virgil Akins.WL

Saxton Feb 1955Akins May 1955

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney ever fought each other?: Yes. Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney met once on February 11, 1955, and Ronnie Delaney won by UD.
Who has the better record, Saxton or Delaney?: Johnny Saxton is 55-9-2 and Ronnie Delaney is 1-1 across the 2 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 Delaney?: Johnny Saxton has 21 knockout wins and Ronnie Delaney has 0. Johnny Saxton has more.
Do Saxton and Delaney have any common opponents?: Johnny Saxton and Ronnie Delaney share 1 common opponent: Virgil Akins. Johnny Saxton fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Saxton and Delaney?: This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Johnny Saxton and 2 bouts tracked for Ronnie Delaney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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Johnny Saxton vs Ronnie Delaney — record, stats and common opponents compared

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