Have Lionel Butler and Willie Driver ever fought each other?

Yes. Lionel Butler and Willie Driver met once on February 2, 2002, and Lionel Butler won by KO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Butler or Driver?

Lionel Butler is 32-17-1 and Willie Driver is 0-8 across the 8 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.

Who has more knockouts, Butler or Driver?

Lionel Butler has 25 knockout wins and Willie Driver has 0. Lionel Butler has more.

Do Butler and Driver have any common opponents?

Lionel Butler and Willie Driver share 1 common opponent: Andre Purlette. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and Driver?

This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler and 8 bouts tracked for Willie Driver. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Lionel Butler vs Willie Driver — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Lionel Butler

Willie Driver

Lionel Butler (32-17-1) and Willie Driver (0-8 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Butler

Wins25 KO · 78%

Losses

Draw51 tracked bouts

Driver

Tracked record

0–8

counted from 8 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 Willie Driver have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met	2002Feb 2	Series
Lionel ButlerFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Willie DriverFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR3Butler vs Driver	1Meeting

Butler vs Driver · Feb 2, 2002

The Numbers

Butler 4 · Driver 1 of 5 measurable rows

ButlerEdge = longer wingDriver

Record^†: 32-17-1 (edge)0-8
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
7 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.4: 2.4 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51: 51
8

† 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″; Willie Driver: No height on file
Reachnot held: Lionel Butler: 72″; Willie Driver: No reach on file
Agenot held: Lionel Butler: 59; Willie Driver: No date of birth
Stance: Lionel Butler: Orthodox; Willie Driver: Not recorded

Lionel Butler left, Willie Driver 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

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

Willie Driver0 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Driver yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lionel Butler 51, Willie Driver 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

ButlerLionel Butler

Opponent

DriverWillie Driver

Lionel Butler
Loss, TKO 2
2003Sep 2003
PurletteAndre PurletteGuyana 40–4EvenEven — 0–1 both
Willie Driver
Loss, TKO
1996Apr 1996

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

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,974 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

Willie Driver last boxed on Feb 2, 2002 — 9,026 days ago. Driver had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Tasefa Aug 1995Purlette Apr 1996Williams Nov 1998Nolan Dec 2001Butler Feb 20020.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Lionel Butler and Willie Driver ever fought each other?: Yes. Lionel Butler and Willie Driver met once on February 2, 2002, and Lionel Butler won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Butler or Driver?: Lionel Butler is 32-17-1 and Willie Driver is 0-8 across the 8 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.
Who has more knockouts, Butler or Driver?: Lionel Butler has 25 knockout wins and Willie Driver has 0. Lionel Butler has more.
Do Butler and Driver have any common opponents?: Lionel Butler and Willie Driver share 1 common opponent: Andre Purlette. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and Driver?: This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler and 8 bouts tracked for Willie Driver. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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