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Larry Middleton vs Oscar Bonavena — record, stats and common opponents compared

Larry Middleton

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Oscar Bonavena

Larry Middleton (3-7-1 across 11 tracked bouts) and Oscar Bonavena (58-9-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Middleton

Tracked record

3–7–1

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bonavena

58

Wins44 KO · 76%

9

Losses

1

Draw68 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

Bonavena leads 1–0

Larry Middleton and Oscar Bonavena have met 1 time; Bonavena leads 1–0.

Larry Middleton and Oscar Bonavena have met 1 time; Bonavena leads 1–0.
Met1974May 21Series
Larry MiddletonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Oscar BonavenaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Middleton 0 · Bonavena 7 of 7 measurable rows
MiddletonBonavena
Record†
3-7-158-9-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
31.8%
86% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 44
2
44 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67%
76% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.6
2.4
5.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
11
68

† 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
Larry Middleton: No date of birth
Oscar Bonavena: Died aged 33
Stance
Larry Middleton: Not recorded
Oscar Bonavena: Orthodox

Larry Middleton left, Oscar Bonavena right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Larry Middleton3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Larry Middleton: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

Oscar Bonavena58 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Oscar Bonavena: 58 tracked wins — 44 by KO/TKO (76%), 13 on the cards (22%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

44 by KO/TKO 76%13 on the cards 22%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Larry Middleton 11, Oscar Bonavena 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Middleton better on 1 · Bonavena better on 1

Middleton

Opponent

Bonavena

  • Larry Middleton

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1973

    Loss, KO 3

    1972

    LyleBonavena better

    Oscar Bonavena

    Loss, UD

    1974

  • Larry Middleton

    Draw, SD

    1974

    EllisMiddleton better

    Oscar Bonavena

    Loss, UD

    1967

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

Larry Middleton last boxed on Jul 10, 1976 — 18,367 days ago. Middleton had lost four straight.DLLLL

Ellis Mar 1974Bonavena May 1974Bobick Feb 1976LeDoux Mar 1976Norton Jul 19762.4 tracked bouts per year

Oscar Bonavena has won seven straight, the most recent against Billy Joiner. Bonavena last boxed on Feb 26, 1976.WWWWW

Mashburn Sep 1974Wright Oct 1974Vaka Nov 1974Gorosito Nov 1975Joiner Feb 19765.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Larry Middleton and Oscar Bonavena ever fought each other?
Yes. Larry Middleton and Oscar Bonavena met once on May 21, 1974, and Oscar Bonavena won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 21, 1974 · Bonavena · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Middleton or Bonavena?
Larry Middleton is 3-7-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Oscar Bonavena is 58-9-1. Oscar Bonavena has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Middleton3–7–131.8%

Bonavena58–9–186%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Middleton or Bonavena?
Larry Middleton has 2 knockout wins and Oscar Bonavena has 44. Oscar Bonavena has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Middleton2

Bonavena4475.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Middleton and Bonavena have any common opponents?
Larry Middleton and Oscar Bonavena share 2 common opponents: Ron Lyle and Jimmy Ellis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Ron LyleLL

Jimmy EllisDL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Middleton and Bonavena?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Larry Middleton and 68 bouts tracked for Oscar Bonavena. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Middleton11bouts

Bonavena68bouts

How They Win ↓

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