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.
Mel Collins (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) and Rubin Carter (27-12-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Mel Collins vs Rubin Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Rubin Carter leads 1–0- Rubin Carter wonCarter vs CollinsOct 8, 1962 · TKO · R5
The Numbers
- 0-6
- Record
- 27-12-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 68.8% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 19 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 70.37%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 70%
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.8
- Bouts per year
- 8.2 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 40
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
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- —
- Age
- 89
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMel Collins · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Rubin Carter · 27 wins
KO/TKO
19
Decision
8
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 40 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedMel Collins
LUD · Dec 1962LUD · Oct 1960Rubin Carter
LUD · Aug 1965LUD · Feb 1965
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Mel Collins
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Jan 17, 1968
Rubin Carter
LDWLL
L1 streak · last fought Aug 6, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Mel Collins and Rubin Carter ever fought each other?
- Yes. Mel Collins and Rubin Carter met once on October 8, 1962, and Rubin Carter won by TKO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Mel Collins or Rubin Carter?
- Mel Collins is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rubin Carter is 27-12-1. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Mel Collins or Rubin Carter?
- Mel Collins has 0 knockout wins and Rubin Carter has 19. Rubin Carter has more.
- Do Mel Collins and Rubin Carter have any common opponents?
- Mel Collins and Rubin Carter share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mel Collins and Rubin Carter?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Mel Collins and 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.