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Johnny Williams vs Kitione Lave — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Williams

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Kitione Lave

Johnny Williams (60-11-4) and Kitione Lave (51-18-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Williams

60

Wins38 KO · 63%

11

Losses

4

Draws82 tracked bouts

Lave

51

Wins43 KO · 84%

18

Losses

2

Draws7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Williams leads 1–0

Johnny Williams and Kitione Lave have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Johnny Williams and Kitione Lave have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1955Jul 26Series
Johnny WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kitione LaveFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 3 · Lave 4 of 7 measurable rows
WilliamsLave
Record
60-11-4 (edge)51-18-2
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
73.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 43
38
43 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
63.33%
84.31% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
62%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.5
3.5 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 82
82
7

† 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 comparable
Johnny Williams: Died aged 80
Kitione Lave: Died aged 72
Stance
Johnny Williams: Not recorded
Kitione Lave: Orthodox

Johnny Williams left, Kitione Lave 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 Williams61 wins · from 82 tracked bouts

Johnny Williams: 61 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (62%) and 23 on the cards (38%). Counted from 82 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 62%23 on the cards 38%

Kitione Lave1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Kitione Lave: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Williams 82, Kitione Lave 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Williams better on 1 · Lave better on 1

Williams

Opponent

Lave

  • Johnny Williams

    Loss, TKO

    1956

    BygravesWilliams better

    Kitione Lave

    0–3 against

    Loss, PTS

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1956

    Loss, PTS

    1955

  • Johnny Williams

    1–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1953

    Win, TKO 2

    1948

    Loss, PTS

    1948

    CockellLave better

    Kitione Lave

    Win, KO 2

    1956

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 Williams has lost four straight. Williams last boxed on Feb 15, 1968.DLLLL

Hoepner Feb 1956Jackson Apr 1956Erskine Aug 1956Bygraves Nov 1956Fuji Feb 19683.5 tracked bouts per year

Kitione Lave has lost four straight, after one straight win. Lave last boxed on Mar 21, 1961.WLLLL

Cockell Apr 1956Bygraves Jun 1956London Jun 1957Bygraves Sep 1957McNeeley Mar 19611.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Williams and Kitione Lave ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Williams and Kitione Lave met once on July 26, 1955, and Johnny Williams won by TKO.
The meeting

WJul 26, 1955 · Williams · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Lave?
Johnny Williams is 60-11-4 and Kitione Lave is 51-18-2. Johnny Williams has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Williams60–11–482.7%

Lave51–18–273.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Lave?
Johnny Williams has 38 knockout wins and Kitione Lave has 43. Kitione Lave has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams3863.3%

Lave4384.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Lave have any common opponents?
Johnny Williams and Kitione Lave share 2 common opponents: Joe Bygraves and Don Cockell. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Joe BygravesLL

Don Cockell1–2W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Lave?
This comparison is drawn from 82 bouts tracked for Johnny Williams and 7 bouts tracked for Kitione Lave. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams82bouts

Lave7bouts

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