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.
Josh King (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Ricky Burns (45-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Josh King vs Ricky Burns — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ricky Burns leads 1–0- Ricky Burns wonBurns vs KingNov 7, 2015 · KO · R11
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 45-8-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 84.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 17 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 37.78%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 38%
- 1
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 1.5
- Bouts per year
- 2.6 (edge)
- 2
- Bouts tracked
- 56
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′9″ (175 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 70″ (178 cm)
- —
- Age
- 43
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJosh King · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Ricky Burns · 45 wins
KO/TKO
17
Decision
28
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (2 and 56 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Josh King
LL
L2 streak · last fought Mar 11, 2017
Ricky Burns
WWLWW
W2 streak · last fought Sep 1, 2023
Common Questions
- Have Josh King and Ricky Burns ever fought each other?
- Yes. Josh King and Ricky Burns met once on November 7, 2015, and Ricky Burns won by KO in round 11.
- Who has the better record, Josh King or Ricky Burns?
- Josh King is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ricky Burns is 45-8-1. Ricky Burns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Josh King or Ricky Burns?
- Josh King has 0 knockout wins and Ricky Burns has 17. Ricky Burns has more.
- Do Josh King and Ricky Burns have any common opponents?
- Josh King and Ricky Burns share 1 common opponent: Michael Katsidis. Ricky Burns fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Josh King and Ricky Burns?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Josh King and 56 bouts tracked for Ricky Burns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.