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Ken Norton vs Pedro Lovell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ken Norton

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Pedro Lovell

Ken Norton (42-7-1) and Pedro Lovell (18-3-2) 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.

Norton

42

Wins33 KO · 79%

7

Losses

1

Draw50 tracked bouts

Lovell

18

Wins14 KO · 78%

3

Losses

2

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Norton leads 1–0

Ken Norton and Pedro Lovell have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Ken Norton and Pedro Lovell have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1976Jan 10Series
Ken NortonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pedro LovellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Norton 6 · Lovell 1 of 7 measurable rows
NortonLovell
Record
42-7-1 (edge)18-3-2
Win %0–100%
85% (edge)
82.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
14
KO rate0–100%
78.57% (edge)
77.78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
79%—
Times stopped†max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
3

† 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
Ken Norton: 6′3″
Pedro Lovell: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ken Norton: 80″
Pedro Lovell: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Pedro Lovell: 81
Stance
Ken Norton: Orthodox
Pedro Lovell: Orthodox

Ken Norton left, Pedro Lovell right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ken Norton42 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Ken Norton: 42 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (79%) and 9 on the cards (21%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 79%9 on the cards 21%

Pedro Lovell0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Pedro Lovell: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lovell yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ken Norton 50, Pedro Lovell 3 — 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

Ken Norton had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Gerry Cooney. Norton last boxed on May 11, 1981.WLDWL

Stephens Nov 1978Shavers Mar 1979LeDoux Aug 1979Cobb Nov 1980Cooney May 19813.7 tracked bouts per year

Pedro Lovell last boxed on Nov 15, 1977 — 17,872 days ago. Lovell had lost the most recent, to Mike Weaver.LDL

Norton Jan 1976Jones Jul 1976Weaver Nov 19771.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ken Norton and Pedro Lovell ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Norton and Pedro Lovell met once on January 10, 1976, and Ken Norton won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

WJan 10, 1976 · Norton · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Norton or Lovell?
Ken Norton is 42-7-1 and Pedro Lovell is 18-3-2. Ken Norton has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Norton42–7–185%

Lovell18–3–282.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Norton or Lovell?
Ken Norton has 33 knockout wins and Pedro Lovell has 14. Ken Norton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Norton3378.6%

Lovell1477.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Norton and Lovell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Norton and Pedro Lovell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Norton and Lovell?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton and 3 bouts tracked for Pedro Lovell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Norton50bouts

Lovell3bouts

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