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Lionel Butler vs Sam Adkins — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lionel Butler

Sam Adkins

Lionel Butler (32-17-1) and Sam Adkins (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Butler

32

Wins25 KO · 78%

17

Losses

1

Draw51 tracked bouts

Adkins

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Butler leads 1–0

Lionel Butler and Sam Adkins have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

Lionel Butler and Sam Adkins have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met1992Feb 25Series
Lionel ButlerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sam AdkinsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Butler 4 · Adkins 1 of 5 measurable rows
ButlerAdkins
Record†
32-17-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
65% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 25
25 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78.13%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
51
2

† 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
Lionel Butler: 5′11″
Sam Adkins: No height on file
Reachnot held
Lionel Butler: 72″
Sam Adkins: No reach on file
Agenot held
Lionel Butler: 59
Sam Adkins: No date of birth
Stance
Lionel Butler: Orthodox
Sam Adkins: Not recorded

Lionel Butler left, Sam Adkins right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Lionel Butler32 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Lionel Butler: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

Sam Adkins0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Sam Adkins: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Adkins yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lionel Butler 51, Sam Adkins 2 — 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

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,978 days ago. Butler had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Ward Aug 2003Purlette Sep 2003Kassi Sep 2009Fedosov Jan 2010Wills Jun 20102.4 tracked bouts per year

Sam Adkins last boxed on Feb 25, 1992 — 12,660 days ago. Adkins had lost two straight.LL

González Sep 1991Butler Feb 1992

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lionel Butler and Sam Adkins ever fought each other?
Yes. Lionel Butler and Sam Adkins met once on February 25, 1992, and Lionel Butler won by TKO.
The meeting

WFeb 25, 1992 · Butler · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Butler or Adkins?
Lionel Butler is 32-17-1 and Sam Adkins is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Lionel Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Butler32–17–165%

Adkins0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Butler or Adkins?
Lionel Butler has 25 knockout wins and Sam Adkins has 0. Lionel Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Butler2578.1%

Adkins0

The Numbers ↓
Do Butler and Adkins have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lionel Butler and Sam Adkins have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and Adkins?
This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler and 2 bouts tracked for Sam Adkins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Butler51bouts

Adkins2bouts

How They Win ↓

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