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Johnny Words vs Marvin Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Words

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Marvin Johnson

Johnny Words (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Marvin Johnson (43-6) 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.

Words

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

43

Wins35 KO · 81%

6

Losses

0

Draws50 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Johnny Words and Marvin Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Johnny Words and Marvin Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1974Nov 12Series
Johnny WordsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marvin JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Words 1 · Johnson 4 of 5 measurable rows
WordsJohnson
Record†
0-143-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—81.4%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—82%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
1
50

† 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 Words: No height on file
Marvin Johnson: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Johnny Words: No reach on file
Marvin Johnson: 72″
Agenot held
Johnny Words: No date of birth
Marvin Johnson: 72
Stance
Johnny Words: Not recorded
Marvin Johnson: Southpaw

Johnny Words left, Marvin Johnson 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 Words0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

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

No tracked wins for Words yet.

Marvin Johnson44 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Marvin Johnson: 44 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (82%) and 8 on the cards (18%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 82%8 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Words 1, Marvin Johnson 50 — 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 Words last boxed on Nov 12, 1974 — 18,970 days ago. Words had lost the most recent, to Marvin Johnson.L

Johnson Nov 1974

Marvin Johnson last boxed on May 23, 1987 — 14,395 days ago. Johnson had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Leslie Stewart.WWWWL

Searcy Oct 1985Lux Dec 1985Stewart Feb 1986Emébé Sep 1986Stewart May 19873.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Words and Marvin Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Words and Marvin Johnson met once on November 12, 1974, and Marvin Johnson won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LNov 12, 1974 · Johnson · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Words or Johnson?
Johnny Words is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Marvin Johnson is 43-6. Marvin Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Words0–10%

Johnson43–687.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Words or Johnson?
Johnny Words has 0 knockout wins and Marvin Johnson has 35. Marvin Johnson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Words0

Johnson3581.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Words and Johnson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Words and Marvin Johnson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Words and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Words and 50 bouts tracked for Marvin Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Words1bout

Johnson50bouts

How They Win ↓

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